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''' | '''''amon''''' is a noun meaning "hill" or "steep-sided mount" in [[Sindarin]]; the plural is '''''emyn'''''.<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''amon''</ref> Compare with ''[[ambo]]'' in [[Quenya]]. | ||
[[Category:Sindarin | ==Examples== | ||
* [[Amon Hen]] = "Hill of the Eye" | |||
* [[Amon Rûdh]] = "Bald Hill" | |||
* [[Weathertop|Amon Sûl]] = [[Weathertop]] | |||
* [[Amon Ereb]] = "Lonely Hill" | |||
* [[Amon Ethir]] = "Spyhill" | |||
* [[Amon Gwareth]] = "Hill of Watch" | |||
* [[Amon Lanc]] = "Naked Hill" | |||
* [[Amon Lhaw]] = "Hill of Hearing" | |||
* [[Amon Obel]] = "Fortified Hill" | |||
* [[Emyn Muil]] = "Drear Hills" | |||
* [[Emyn Arnen]] | |||
==External links== | |||
* [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] compiled by [[Didier Willis]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 02:32, 16 November 2023
amon is a noun meaning "hill" or "steep-sided mount" in Sindarin; the plural is emyn.[1] Compare with ambo in Quenya.
Examples[edit | edit source]
- Amon Hen = "Hill of the Eye"
- Amon Rûdh = "Bald Hill"
- Amon Sûl = Weathertop
- Amon Ereb = "Lonely Hill"
- Amon Ethir = "Spyhill"
- Amon Gwareth = "Hill of Watch"
- Amon Lanc = "Naked Hill"
- Amon Lhaw = "Hill of Hearing"
- Amon Obel = "Fortified Hill"
- Emyn Muil = "Drear Hills"
- Emyn Arnen
External links[edit | edit source]
- Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary compiled by Didier Willis
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", amon
