Noldorin 

tûn

place name. Hill City

Noldorin equivalent of ᴹQ. Túna appearing in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s with the gloss “Hill City” (LR/222). It also appeared in The Etymologies derived from the same primitive form as its Quenya equivalent (Ety/TUN).

Conceptual Development: G. Tûn appeared towards the end of notes associated with the earliest Lost Tales (LT2/202), where it was most likely inspired by Old English “tún”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT2/292). It also appeared in the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/17, 217). Its development parallels that of its Quenya name; see Q. Tirion for a fuller discussion on the evolution of the name of this city and the hill it stood upon.

Changes

  • TûnTúna ✧ LR/119
  • TûnTúna ✧ LR/173
  • TûnTúna ✧ LR/225
  • TûnTúna ✧ WJI/Túna

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. Túna “Hill City” ✧ Ety/TUN; LR/222

Derivations

  • On. Tūna ✧ Ety/TUN
    • ᴹ✶Tūnā̆ ✧ Ety/TUN
    • ᴹ√TUN “*tall; mound” ✧ Ety/TUN

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. Tūna > Tûn[tūna] > [tūn]✧ Ety/TUN
Noldorin [Ety/TUN; LR/119; LR/173; LR/222; LR/225; LRI/Tûn; LT1I/Tûn; MRI/Tûn; SDI2/Túna; SMI/Tûn; TII/Tûn; WJI/Tûn; WJI/Túna] Group: Eldamo. Published by

telwen

?. [unglossed]

Element in

borth

?. [unglossed]

Derivations

  • ᴹ√BOR(ON) “endure” ✧ Ety/BOR

Element in

  • N. Borthandos “*Steadfast-intelligence” ✧ Ety/BOR

Variations

  • Borth ✧ Ety/BOR

clei

?. [unglossed]

Noldorin [PE22/034] Group: Eldamo. Published by

coen

?. [unglossed]

Noldorin [PE22/034] Group: Eldamo. Published by

diragas

?. [unglossed]

Element in

Variations

  • diragath ✧ RS/451

mauth

?. [unglossed]

Noldorin [PE22/034] Group: Eldamo. Published by

menwed

?. [unglossed]

Element in

nith

?. [unglossed]

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. nitse > nĭth[nitse] > [niθθe] > [niθθ] > [niθ]✧ PE22/037

Variations

  • nĭth ✧ PE22/037
Noldorin [PE22/037] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nithrad

?. [unglossed]

Element in

níth

?. [unglossed]

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. nikthe > níth[niktʰe] > [nixθe] > [nīθe] > [nīθ]✧ PE22/037
Noldorin [PE22/037] Group: Eldamo. Published by

porennin

?. [unglossed]

Element in

Variations

  • porannin ✧ RS/451

cum

noun. mound, heap

Noldorin [Ety/365] Group: SINDICT. Published by

cumb

noun. mound, heap

Noldorin [Ety/365] Group: SINDICT. Published by

haudh

noun. (burial) mound, grave, tomb

Noldorin [Ety/363-364, S/432, LotR/A(iv)] Group: SINDICT. Published by