TOL
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TOL is a Primitive Quendian root signifying "stick out or up" or "stick up, stand up (stiff), raise the head".[1]
Derivatives
Other versions
In the Etymologies appears the root TOL2, from which derives:[4]
- Primitive Quendian: tollo
In the Qenya Lexicon appears the root TOLO, yielding a variety of derivatives (among them Qenya tolome "island" and tolda "hill with a flat top, town on a hill").[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part One" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 47, February 2005, p. 28 (root appearing as "TOL")
- ↑ Thorsten Renk, "Telerin in VT47 and elsewhere" (message 32555; dated 18 October 2005) at Elfling (mailing list)
- ↑ Helge Fauskanger, "Quettaparma Quenyallo" at Ardalambion (accessed 17 June 2011)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 394 (root appearing as "TOL2-"
- ↑ 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. 94