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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}}, entry "TUB-"</ref> in [[Sindarin]] (and [[Noldorin]]).
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']], Noldorin ''tum'' derives from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''[[tumbu]]'', [[Sundocarme|root]] [[TUB]].<ref name="Etym"/>
In ''[[The Etymologies]]'', Noldorin ''tum'' derives from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''[[tumbu]]'', [[Sundocarme|root]] [[TUB]].<ref name="Etym"/>


==Examples==
==Examples==
*''[[Tumhalad]]''
* ''[[Carn Dûm|Carn '''Dûm''']]'' = "Red Valley"
*''[[Tumladen]]''
*''[[Tumhalad|'''Tum'''halad]]''
* ''Tum Gondregain''<ref>{{NM|P3xvii}}, p.363.</ref>
*''[[Tumladen|'''Tum'''laden]]'' = "Wide Valley"
* ''Tum Orchorod''<ref>{{NM|P3xvi}}, p.351.</ref>
* ''[[Tum Gondregain|'''Tum''' Gondregain]]'' = "Stonewain Valley"
* ''[[Tum Orchorod|'''Tum''' Orchorod]]'' = "Vale of Tall Mountains"


==Cognates==
==Cognates==

Latest revision as of 09:10, 10 October 2021

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

Etymology[edit | edit source]

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

Examples[edit | edit source]

Cognates[edit | edit source]

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", entry "TUB-"