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In Tolkien's very early conception of the [[Elvish]] languages (dating from ca. [[1917]]), the [[Gnomish]] name for a "pinetree" is '''''aigos''''' and the [[Qenya]] name is '''''[[aikasse#Qenya|aikasse]]'''''.<ref>{{PE|11}}, p. 17</ref>
In Tolkien's very early conception of the [[Elvish]] languages (dating from ca. [[1917]]), the [[Gnomish]] name for a "pinetree" is '''''aigos''''' and the [[Qenya]] name is '''''[[aikasse#Qenya|aikasse]]'''''.<ref>{{PE|11}}, p. 17</ref>
==Tolkien's favourite tree==
[[Image:Jrrt_1972_tree.jpg|thumb|180px|Tolkien next to a Black Pine in 1973]]
One of [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s favourite trees was a certain pine tree (a [[Wikipedia:European Black Pine|Black Pine, lat. ''Pinus nigra'']]) found in the Botanic Garden, Oxford. On the last known photograph of Tolkien (taken [[9 August]] [[1973]]), he appears standing next to the tree.<ref>[http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/815-The_Queen_of_Hobbits_For_Sale.php The Queen of Hobbits for sale] at [http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/ Tolkienlibrary.com] (accessed 24 June 2011)</ref>
According to Dr Stephen Harris of Oxford University’s Department of Plant Sciences:
''''The received wisdom regarding the black pine is that it was planted in 1799 from seed that was collected by the Third Sherardian Professor of Botany, John Sibthorp, in Austria. We know that Sibthorp sent considerable amounts of plant material to Oxford from the eastern Mediterranean in 1786/87 and that he was in Austria in 1785. He was also in regions of Black Pine growth in 1795 but he died in 1796.''''<ref>[http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/black-pine The black pine] at [http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/ Botanic Garden Official website]</ref>
The tree suffered a collapse on the [[26 July]] [[2014]] and is to be cut down due to safety concerns
<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYZ_VlXB6pQ
Collapse of the Tolkien tree] at [http://www.youtube.com/ Youtube.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/black-pine The black pine] at [http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/ Botanic Garden Official website]</ref>


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Pines were common evergreen trees, found throughout the lands of Middle-earth, but especially in the highlands of Dorthonion, a land which took its name from the pine trees that grew there.[1]

Names

The Sindarin name for a "pine-tree" is thôn.[2][3]

In the Etymologies, Ilkorin thōn and Noldorin thaun (pl. thuin), deriving from root THON, are said to mean "pine-tree".[4][5]

In Tolkien's very early conception of the Elvish languages (dating from ca. 1917), the Gnomish name for a "pinetree" is aigos and the Qenya name is aikasse.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beleriand and its Realms"
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
  3. ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 384 (citing the "Unfinished index")
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 392
  5. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, p. 19
  6. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 17
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