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ᴺS. !tovadol n. “tomato” (Category: Vegetables)

ᴺS. !tovadol, n. “tomato” [created by Paul Strack] (Category: Vegetables)

A neologism for “tomato” created by Paul Strack specifically for Eldamo, a loan word from Nahuatl tomatl. In a 2025-11-23 post to the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), Ellanto instead suggested orf Avon "tomato” = “Aman-apple” as a combination of orf “apple” and Avon “Aman”. This etymology assumes that the Noldor first encountered tomatos in Aman and then brought knowledge of that fruit to Middle-earth, whereupon the Sindar borrowered the Noldorin name [ᴺQ.] amanorva. I feel that orf Avon involves too many assumptions about the history of Middle-earth and prefer a loan word from Nahuatl instead.


ᴺS. !orf Avon n. “tomato, (lit.) Aman-apple” (Category: Vegetables)

See ᴺS. !tovadol for discussion.

Elements

orf “apple”
S. Avon “Unmarred State”