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'''Mámandil''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "friend | '''Mámandil''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "friend of sheep" and possibly also "shepherd". | ||
"Mámandil" was the pseudonym of [[Hallacar]] of [[Hyarastorni]] while he wooed [[Tar-Ancalimë|Ancalimë]] on the pastoral lands of [[Emerië]].<ref>{{UT|Wife}}</ref> | |||
==Etymologies== | ==Etymologies== | ||
The name derives from ''[[Máma]]'' "sheep"<ref>{{WJ|AD}}, p. 395</ref> and ''[[-ndil]]'' | The name derives from ''[[Máma]]'' "sheep"<ref>{{WJ|AD}}, p. 395</ref> and ''[[-ndil]]'' "friend of, devoted to". | ||
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Revision as of 03:12, 6 December 2012
Mámandil is a Quenya word meaning "friend of sheep" and possibly also "shepherd".
"Mámandil" was the pseudonym of Hallacar of Hyarastorni while he wooed Ancalimë on the pastoral lands of Emerië.[1]
Etymologies
The name derives from Máma "sheep"[2] and -ndil "friend of, devoted to".
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: Appendix D. *Kwen, Quenya, and the Elvish (especially Ñoldorin) words for 'Language'", p. 395
