telluma

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telluma is a Quenya word meaning "dome" or "vault". It was derived from the Valarin word delgūmā.[1]

Examples

"Andúnë pella, Vardo tellumar ('beyond the West, beneath the blue vaults of Varda')"
― Namárië

[2]

References

  1. ↑ 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': Note on the 'Language of the Valar'", p. 399
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Swann, The Road Goes Ever On, "Namárië (Farewell)"
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