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The twenty-second line of the Markirya poem (MC/222). The first word is undumë “abyss” followed the infinitive (or short active-participle) form of rum- or rúma- “to move”, used adjectivally.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

undumë rúma = “*abyss moving”

Conceptual Development: In the first draft, Tolkien used an ordinary active-participle form rúmala, which he retained initially in the second draft before changing it into the shorter form rúma (MC/222).

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The twenty first line of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/214). The first word is mandu “abyss” (more often translated “hell”) followed by the adjective túma “moving”.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

mandu túma = “*abyss moving”