N. Tûn loc. “Hill City”
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.
References ✧ Ety/TUN; LR/119, 173, 222, 225; LRI; LT1I; MRI; SDI2/Túna; SMI; TII; WJI/Tûn, Túna
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| dûn | soft-mutation; t-mutation | ✧ LR/222 |
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| ON. Tūna > Tûn | [tūna] > [tūn] | ✧ Ety/TUN |
ᴱN. Tûn loc.
References ✧ LB/219; LBI/Corthûn, Tûn; PE13/148
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