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''Culumalda'' was intended to be the source of the name ''[[Cormallen#Etymology|Cormallen]]''.<ref name=RC/><ref name=SApp/> | ''Culumalda'' was intended to be the source of the name ''[[Cormallen#Etymology|Cormallen]]''.<ref name=RC/><ref name=SApp/> | ||
[[Christopher Tolkien]] connects ''culumalda'' to the [[Elvish]] stems ''[[cul-]]'' ("golden-red") and ''[[mal-]]'' ("gold").<ref name=SApp/> | [[Christopher Tolkien]] connects ''culumalda'' to the [[Elvish]] stems ''[[KUL|cul-]]'' ("golden-red") and ''[[mal-]]'' ("gold").<ref name=SApp/> | ||
[[ | [[Helge Fauskanger]] has suggested that ''culumalda'' is [[Quenya]], consisting of ''[[kuluma|culuma]]'' ("orange") + ''[[alda]]'' ("tree").<ref>[[Helge Fauskanger]], "[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quen-eng.rtf Quenya-English Wordlist (Quettaparma Quenyanna)]" at [http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/ Ardalambion] (accessed 2 July 2011)</ref> | ||
==Inspiration== | ==Inspiration== | ||
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Culumalda was a tree with hanging yellow blossoms that grew in Ithilien, and especially in the woods around the Field of Cormallen.[1][2]
Etymology
Culumalda was intended to be the source of the name Cormallen.[1][2]
Christopher Tolkien connects culumalda to the Elvish stems cul- ("golden-red") and mal- ("gold").[2]
Helge Fauskanger has suggested that culumalda is Quenya, consisting of culuma ("orange") + alda ("tree").[3]
Inspiration
Tolkien indicated that the tree was "prob[ably] a laburnum".[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, pp. 625-6 (citing from the Unfinished index)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names" (entry for mal-)
- ↑ Helge Fauskanger, "Quenya-English Wordlist (Quettaparma Quenyanna)" at Ardalambion (accessed 2 July 2011)
