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'''Astulat''', the '''Bony ridge''', is the name of a hill only mentioned in a manuscript about [[Elvish]] grammar.<ref name=PE21>{{PE|21}}, p. 27</ref> Nothing else is known about this place.
'''Astulat''', the '''Bony ridge''', was the name of a hill only mentioned in a manuscript about [[Elvish]] grammar.<ref name=PE21>{{PE|21}}, p. 27</ref> Nothing else is known about this place.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==

Revision as of 11:19, 26 September 2013

Astulat, the Bony ridge, was the name of a hill only mentioned in a manuscript about Elvish grammar.[1] Nothing else is known about this place.

Etymology

The name Astulat is Qenya for "Bony ridge", composed of astula ("bony") + hat ("ridge (comb, crest)").[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenya Noun Structure", in Parma Eldalamberon XXI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Patrick H. Wynne and Arden R. Smith), p. 27
Legendary locations in Arda
Islands:  Isle of Meneltarma
Mountains:  Astulat · Mountains of the Moon · Merlock Mountains
 Regions:  Aerie · Belmarie · Fantasie · Last Desert · Sindanórie · Thellamie · Tode
Rivers:  Derrilyn
Other:  Caves of the Forgotten · Gorbelgod