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'''''tum''''' means "valley"<ref name="Silm">{{S|Elements}}, entry ''tum''</ref> or "deep valley, under or among hills"<ref name="Etym">{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 394, entry '''TUB-'''</ref> in [[Sindarin]] (and [[Noldorin]]).
'''''tum''''' means "valley"<ref name="Silm">{{S|Elements}}, entry ''tum''</ref> or "deep valley, under or among hills"<ref name="Etym">{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 394, entry '''TUB-'''</ref> in [[Sindarin]] (and [[Noldorin]]).
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
In the [[The Etymologis|''Etymologies'']], Noldorin ''tum'' derives from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''[[tumbu]]'', [[Sundocarme|root]] [[TUB]].<ref name="Etym"/>
In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']], Noldorin ''tum'' derives from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''[[tumbu]]'', [[Sundocarme|root]] [[TUB]].<ref name="Etym"/>
 
==Examples==
==Examples==
*''[[Tumhalad]]''
*''[[Tumhalad]]''

Revision as of 12:01, 8 July 2011

tum means "valley"[1] or "deep valley, under or among hills"[2] in Sindarin (and Noldorin).

Etymology

In the Etymologies, Noldorin tum derives from Primitive Quendian tumbu, root TUB.[2]

Examples

Cognates

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry tum
  2. 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 394, entry TUB-