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Another name for the place was '''''Andesalkë''''', consisting of ''[[ande(a)]]'' ("long") + ''salkë'', meaning "Long-grass".<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Paul Strack]]|articleurl=http://eldamo.org/content/words/word-4246076815.html|articlename=ᴱQ. ''Andesalke'' loc.|website=Eldamo|accessed=23 April 2022}}</ref> An earlier form of ''Andesalkë'' was '''''Andisalkë'''''.<ref>{{PE|12}}, p. 31</ref> | Another name for the place was '''''Andesalkë''''', consisting of ''[[ande(a)]]'' ("long") + ''salkë'', meaning "Long-grass".<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Paul Strack]]|articleurl=http://eldamo.org/content/words/word-4246076815.html|articlename=ᴱQ. ''Andesalke'' loc.|website=Eldamo|accessed=23 April 2022}}</ref> An earlier form of ''Andesalkë'' was '''''Andisalkë'''''.<ref>{{PE|12}}, p. 31</ref> | ||
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Salkinórë was the name of a continent in the Great Lands, later known as Africa, according to the early legendarium associated with The Book of Lost Tales.[1]
Etymology
The name Salkinórë is in Qenya. It is glossed as "Grass Land" by Eldamo, consisting of salki or salkë ("grass") + nórë ("land, nation, family, country").[2]
Another name for the place was Andesalkë, consisting of ande(a) ("long") + salkë, meaning "Long-grass".[3] An earlier form of Andesalkë was Andisalkë.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. xiv
- ↑ Paul Strack, "ᴱQ. Salkinóre loc.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon (accessed 23 April 2022)
- ↑ Paul Strack, "ᴱQ. Andesalke loc.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon (accessed 23 April 2022)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 31
