Noldorin
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
borth
?. [unglossed]
Derivations
- ᴹ√BOR(ON) “endure” ✧ Ety/BOR
Element in
- N. Borthandos “*Steadfast-intelligence” ✧ Ety/BOR
Variations
- Borth ✧ Ety/BOR
clei
?. [unglossed]
coen
?. [unglossed]
cum
noun. mound, heap
cumb
noun. mound, heap
diragas
?. [unglossed]
Element in
- N. annon porennin diragas·venwed ✧ RS/451
- N. diragath·telwen porannin nithrad ✧ RS/451
Variations
- diragath ✧ RS/451
haudh
noun. (burial) mound, grave, tomb
mauth
?. [unglossed]
menwed
?. [unglossed]
Element in
- N. annon porennin diragas·venwed ✧ RS/451
nith
?. [unglossed]
Derivations
- On. nitse ✧ PE22/037
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. nitse > nĭth [nitse] > [niθθe] > [niθθ] > [niθ] ✧ PE22/037 Variations
- nĭth ✧ PE22/037
nithrad
?. [unglossed]
Element in
- N. diragath·telwen porannin nithrad ✧ RS/451
níth
?. [unglossed]
Derivations
- On. nikthe ✧ PE22/037
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. nikthe > níth [niktʰe] > [nixθe] > [nīθe] > [nīθ] ✧ PE22/037
porennin
?. [unglossed]
Element in
- N. annon porennin diragas·venwed ✧ RS/451
- N. diragath·telwen porannin nithrad ✧ RS/451
Variations
- porannin ✧ RS/451
telwen
?. [unglossed]
Element in
- N. diragath·telwen porannin nithrad ✧ RS/451
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.