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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References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales - Part I", p.250