The Silmarillon

Feminine tari 'she that is high, Queen' in Elentari, Kementari. Cf. tarma 'pillar' in Meneltarma. tathar 'willow'; adjective tathren m Nan-tathren; Quenya tasare in Tasarinan, Nan-tasarion (see Nan tathren in the Index). taur 'wood, forest' (Quenya taure) in Tauron, Taur-im-Duinath, Taur-nu-Fuin. tel-'finish, end, be last' in Teleri. thalion 'strong, dauntless' m Cuthalion, Thalion. thong 'oppression' in Thangorodrim, also in Durthang (a castle in Mordor). Quenya sanga meant 'press, throng', whence Sangahyando 'Throng-cleaver', name of a man in Gondor (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iv]). thar-'athwart, across' in Sarn Athrad, Thargelion; also in Tharbad (from thara-pata 'crossway*) where the ancient road from Arnor and Gondor crossed the Grey-flood. thaur 'abominable, abhorrent' in Sauron (from Thauron), Gorthaur. thin(d) 'grey' in Thingol; Quenya sinda in Sindar, Singollo (Sindacollo: collo 'cloak'). thol 'helm' in Dor Cuarthol, Gorthol. thon 'pine-tree' in Dorthonion. thoron 'eagle' in Thorondor (Quenya Sorontar), Cirith Thoronath. The Quenya form is perhaps present in the constellation-name Soronume. til 'point, horn' in Taniquetil, Tilion ('the Horned'); also in Celebdil 'Silvertine', one of the Mountains of Moria. tin-'sparkle' (Quenya tinta 'cause to sparkle', tinwe 'spark') in Tintalle; also in tindome 'starry twilight' (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D), whence tindomerel 'daughter of the twilight', a poetic name for the nightingale (Sindarin Tinuviel). It appears also in Sindarin ithildin 'starmoon', the substance of which the devices on the West-gate of Moria were made. tir 'watch, watch over' in Minas Tirith, palantiri, Tar-Palantir, Tirion. tol 'isle' (rising with sheer sides from the sea or from a river) in Tol Eressea, Tol Galen, etc. turn 'valley' in Tumhalad, Tumladen; Quenya tumbo (cf. Treebeard's tumbalemorna 'lack deep valley'. The Two Towers III 4). Cf. Utumno, Sindarin Udun (Gandalf in Mordor named the Balrog 'Flame of Udun'), a name afterwards used of the deep dale in Moria between the Morannon and the Isenmouths. tur 'power, mastery' in Turambar, Turgon, Turin, Feanturi, Tar-'Minyatur. uial 'twilight' in Aelin-uial, Nenuial. ur-'heat, be hot' in Uruloki; cf. Urime and Urui, Quenya and Sindarin names of the eighth month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D). Related is the Quenya word aure 'sunlight, day' (cf. Fingon's cry 'before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad), Sindarin aur, which in the form Or- is prefixed to the names of the days of the week. val-'power' in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog. wen 'maiden' is a frequent ending, as in Earwen, Morwen. wing 'foam, spray' in Elwing, Vingilot (and only in these two names). - 165 - yave 'fruit' (Quenya) in Yavanna; cf. Yavannie, Quenya name of the ninth month of the year, and yavie 'autumn' (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).