Túna (also Tún) place-name, used of the hill on which Tirion was built (Silm, TUN, KOR), derived from a stem (TUN) apparently meaning simply *"hill, mound".
Quenya
tundo
hill, mound
Túna
hill, mound
amun
hill
amun (amund-) noun "hill" (LT2:335; in Tolkien's later Quenya ambo)
umbo
hill, lump, clump, mass
umbo, umbon noun "hill, lump, clump, mass" (PE17:93)
unquë
hole, hollow
unquë noun "hole, hollow" (VT46:20, UNUK), also name of tengwa #16 _(Appendix E; there spelt unque, while the Etymologies has unqe)_
ambo
hill, rising ground
ambo noun "hill, rising ground" (Markirya, PE17:92), "mount" (PE17:157), allative pl. ambonnar "upon hills" in Markirya (ruxal' ambonnar "upon crumbling hills") According to VT45:5, ambo was added to the Etymologies as a marginal note.
ecca
hole
ecca ("k")noun "hole", apparently associated with Sindarin torech "secret hole, lair" (PE17:188)
latta
hole, pit
latta (1) noun "hole, pit" (DAT/DANT, VT45:8)
ambona
noun. hill
assa
hole, perforation, opening, mouth
assa "hole, perforation, opening, mouth" (GAS)
tundo
noun. firewood, fuel
Cognates
- ᴺS. tund “log for the fire, *firewood, fuel”
Derivations
- ᴺ✶. TUD “*firewood, kindling”
tundo noun "hill, mound" (TUN)