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
telwen
?. [unglossed]
Element in
- N. diragath·telwen porannin nithrad ✧ RS/451
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]
diragas
?. [unglossed]
Element in
- N. annon porennin diragas·venwed ✧ RS/451
- N. diragath·telwen porannin nithrad ✧ RS/451
Variations
- diragath ✧ RS/451
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
cum
noun. mound, heap
cumb
noun. mound, heap
haudh
noun. (burial) mound, grave, tomb
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.