tol

root. stick up or out, stand up (out and above neighboring things), raise the head

This was the root for islands and other things that “stick up” for much of Tolkien’s life. This root appeared as unglossed ᴱ√TOLO in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. tol “an island”, ᴱQ. tolda “hill with a flat top; town on a hill”, and ᴱQ. tolmen “boss (of shield), isolated round hill” (QL/94). The derivative G. tol “an isle (with high steep coasts)” appeared in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon as well (GL/71). The root appeared as ᴹ√TOL in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives ᴹQ. tol/N. toll “island” (Ety/TOL²); the alternate root ᴹ√TOL was the basis for words for “eight” in this document. The root was mentioned several times in writings on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from the late 1960s, with glosses like “stand up (out and above neighboring things)” (VT47/10) or “stick up or out” (VT47/28), and Tolkien said it:

> mostly applied to things that were, relatively to those that they were contrasted with, also larger and thicker: e.g. mountain-tops, very tall trees, or a tall strong man (VT47/10).

In this last respected it was the basis for various words for “thumb” and “big toe”, and could be contrasted with √TIL used for the tips of smaller things, including the smaller fingers and toes. √TOL also had extended form √TOLOB with derivative ✶tolbā “a protuberance, esp. one designed for a purpose: a knob or rounded tool-handle” (VT47/11), and in these 1960s documents (unlike in the 1930s) it was the basis for the root √TOLOD “eight” due to the prominence of the middle finger (finger 3 and 8) in counting (VT47/11).

Changes

• TOL → TOL “stick up or out” ✧ VT47/28

Derivatives

• ✶tollă “island” ✧ VT47/26
  • Q. tollë “island, (steep) isle” ✧ VT47/26
• ✶tolya “prominent” ✧ VT47/16
  • Q. tolya “prominent” ✧ VT47/16
• Q. tollë “thumb” ✧ VT47/26
• Q. tolbo “big toe; stump, stub; thumb” ✧ VT47/10; VT47/28
• Q. tollë “island, (steep) isle” ✧ SA/tol; VT47/10; VT47/28
• Q. tolma “protuberance contrived to serve a purpose, knob, short rounded handle, knob, (short rounded) handle, protuberance contrived to serve a purpose” ✧ VT47/28
• ᴺQ. tolmen “boss (of shield), isolated round hill”
• Q. tolyo “sticker-up” ✧ VT47/10; VT47/11; VT47/16; VT47/28
• S. tol(l) “island, (high steep-sided) isle” ✧ SA/tol; VT47/10

Element in

• √TOLOB “*protuberance” ✧ VT47/10
• √TOLOD “eight” ✧ VT47/11; VT47/16
• Q. tolpë “thumb” ✧ VT47/28
• Q. toltil “thumb” ✧ VT47/26
• Q. taltol “big toe” ✧ VT47/10
• S. estola- “to encamp, *erect tents”
• S. toleg “*sticker-up”
• T. tolmo “thumb” ✧ VT47/28

Variations

• tol ✧ SA/tol; VT47/16

tollă

noun. island

Derivations

• √TOL “stick up or out, stand up (out and above neighboring things), raise the head” ✧ VT47/26

Derivatives

• Q. tollë “island, (steep) isle” ✧ VT47/26

tul-

verb. come, is coming, has come, is here

Element in

• ✶le tulir “come ye!” ✧ PE22/140
• ✶lḗ tuli, tuli lḗ, āle tuli! “come (you)!, now you, come!” ✧ PE22/140; PE22/140; PE22/140
• ✶sē tuli, tuli sḗ, āse tuli! “let him come! etc.” ✧ PE22/140; PE22/140; PE22/140