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'''Mûmak''' pl. '''mûmakil''' is the [[Harad]]ric name of the gigantic animals they used for battle.  
'''Mûmak''', plural '''mûmakil''' is the [[Harad]]ric name of the [[Oliphaunts|gigantic animals]] they used in battle. The word ''mûmakil'' was adopted in [[Westron]] among the soldiers of [[Gondor]]. The [[Hobbita]] instead knew them as ''Oliphaunts''.
 
The word ''mûmakil'' was adopted in [[Westron]] among the soldiers of [[Gondor]]. The [[Hobbit]]s instead knew them as [[Oliphaunts]].
[[category:Westron words]]
[[category:Westron words]]
[[category:mannish words]]
[[category:Mannish words]]

Revision as of 07:08, 4 July 2009

Mûmak, plural mûmakil is the Haradric name of the gigantic animals they used in battle. The word mûmakil was adopted in Westron among the soldiers of Gondor. The Hobbita instead knew them as Oliphaunts.