Early Quenya
tompo-tompo
noun. noise of drums (or guns)
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
tompo-tompo
noun. noise of drums (or guns)
An onomatopoeic word for the “noise of drums (or guns)” in the Qenya Lexicon from the early root ᴱ√TOMPO (QL/94).
Neo-Quenya: I think this word might be salvaged in Neo-Quenya as a derivative of the later root √TOM for “resonant sounds” (PE17/138).