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'''''amon''''' is a noun meaning "hill" or "steep-sided mount" in [[Sindarin]]; the plural is '''''emyn'''''.<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''amon''</ref> Compare with ''[[ambo]]'' in [[Quenya]]. | '''''amon''''' is a noun meaning "hill" or "steep-sided mount" in [[Sindarin]]; the plural is '''''emyn'''''.<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''amon''</ref> Compare with ''[[ambo]]'' in [[Quenya]]. | ||
Examples | ==Examples== | ||
* [[Amon Hen]] = "Hill of the Eye" | * [[Amon Hen]] = "Hill of the Eye" | ||
* [[Amon Rûdh]] = "Bald Hill" | * [[Amon Rûdh]] = "Bald Hill" | ||
* [[Weathertop|Amon Sûl]] = [[Weathertop]] | * [[Weathertop|Amon Sûl]] = [[Weathertop]] | ||
* [[Emyn Muil]] = "Drear Hills" | * [[Emyn Muil]] = "Drear Hills" | ||
==External links== | |||
* [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] compiled by [[Didier Willis]] | |||
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[[Category:Sindarin nouns]] | [[Category:Sindarin nouns]] | ||
Revision as of 21:21, 21 October 2012
amon is a noun meaning "hill" or "steep-sided mount" in Sindarin; the plural is emyn.[1] Compare with ambo in Quenya.
Examples
- Amon Hen = "Hill of the Eye"
- Amon Rûdh = "Bald Hill"
- Amon Sûl = Weathertop
- Emyn Muil = "Drear Hills"
External links
- Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary compiled by Didier Willis
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", amon
