Noldorin
dûn
noun. west
dûn
noun. west
Cognates
- ᴹQ. númen “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶ndūne > dûn [ndūne] > [dūne] > [dūn] ✧ EtyAC/NDŪ
tûn
place name. Hill City
Changes
- Tûn → Túna ✧ LR/119
Tûn→ Túna ✧ LR/173- Tûn → Túna ✧ LR/225
- Tûn → Túna ✧ WJI/Túna
Cognates
- ᴹQ. Túna “Hill City” ✧ Ety/TUN; LR/222
Derivations
Element in
- N. Eledûn ✧ LR/222
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. Tūna > Tûn [tūna] > [tūn] ✧ Ety/TUN
annûn
noun. west, sunset
annûn
noun. west
Cognates
- ᴹQ. númen “west” ✧ Ety/NDŪ
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶ṇdūnē > annûn [ṇdūnē] > [andūnē] > [andūne] > [andūn] > [annūn] ✧ Ety/NDŪ
tum
noun. (deep) valley
Cognates
- ᴹQ. tumbo “deep valley (under or among hills, with high sides)” ✧ Ety/TUB
Derivations
Element in
- N. Caron-dûn “Red Valley” ✧ RS/419
- N. Dunruin “Red Valley”
- N. Narodûm “Red Valley”
- N. Tum Dincelon “Dimrill-dale”
- N. Tumladen “Level Vale” ✧ Ety/TUB
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶tumbu > tum [tumbu] > [tumbo] > [tumbo] > [tumb] > [tumb] > [tumm] > [tum] ✧ Ety/TUB
Noldorin equivalent of ᴹQ. Túna appearing in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s with the gloss “Hill City” (LR/222). It also appeared in The Etymologies derived from the same primitive form as its Quenya equivalent (Ety/TUN).
Conceptual Development: G. Tûn appeared towards the end of notes associated with the earliest Lost Tales (LT2/202), where it was most likely inspired by Old English “tún”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT2/292). It also appeared in the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/17, 217). Its development parallels that of its Quenya name; see Q. Tirion for a fuller discussion on the evolution of the name of this city and the hill it stood upon.