ᴹQ. Kôr loc.
Name of the hill where Túna, the city of the Elves in Valinor, was located in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/45, LR/222). In The Etymologies it was derived from the root ᴹ√KOR “round” (Ety/KOR).
Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, ᴱQ. Kôr was the name of the city as well as the hill.
See Q. Tirion for further discussion.
References ✧ Ety/KOR; EtyAC/KOR; LRI; MR/180; MRI; SM/86; SMI/Côr; TII; WJI/Kôr, Tûn
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| ᴹ√KOR > Kôr | [kōr] | ✧ Ety/KOR |
| ᴹ✶koro > Kôr | [kōro] > [kōr] | ✧ EtyAC/KOR |
ᴱQ. Kôr loc.
References ✧ GL/41, 47; LB/21; LBI/Côr; LT1/122, 222; LT1A/Ilkorin, Kôr, Koromas; LT1I/Kôr, Tûn; LT2/202, 291; LT2I/Kôr, Tûn; PE13/103; PE15/7, 21; QL/42, 48
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| kōr- | stem | ✧ QL/48 |
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