An element of the name Q. i Tumbo Tarmacorto for the valley of Gondolin, meaning “High Mountain Circle” (NM/351). A possible etymology is that the first element is Q. tarma, normally “pillar” but used of a high mountain in Q. Meneltarma, and the second element is some derivative of √KOR “round”, perhaps an otherwise unattested word ✱Q. corto “circle”. This etymology was suggested to me on a Discord chat in 2021-11-09 by Röandil.
Quenya
tarma
pillar
tarma
noun. pillar
tarmacorto
place name. High Mountain Circle
tarmasundar
place name. Roots of the Pillar
A set of ridges extending from Meneltarma into each of the five regions (points of the “star”) of Númenor, translated “Roots of the Pillar” (UT/166). This name is a compound of tarma “pillar” and the plural form sundar, a variant sunda of sundo “base”.
tulwë
pillar, standard, pole
tulwë noun "pillar, standard, pole" (LT1:270)
tarma noun "pillar" (SA:tar); Tarmasundar (þ) "the Roots of the Pillar", the slopes of Mt. Meneltarma in Númenor (UT:166)