MALA

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MALA is a Qenya root signifying "crush, squeeze, pulp, hurt, damage". Along with the root TARA, MALA makes up the words Maltar, which is the name of Aulë’s hammer, and Malkarauki.[1][2]

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  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Sí Qente Feanor and Other Elvish Writings", in Parma Eldalamberon XV (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), Appendix, Text V, p. 15
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales - Part I", p.250