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'''Taniquetil''' ([[Quenya]], pronounced {{IPA|[taˈnikʷetil]}}) was the peak of [[Oiolosse]], the great '''Holy Mountain''', said to be the tallest peak in the world. There is was built [[Ilmarin]], the abode of [[Manwe]] and [[Varda]]. | '''Taniquetil''' ([[Quenya]], pronounced {{IPA|[taˈnikʷetil]}}) was the peak of [[Oiolosse]], the great '''Holy Mountain''', said to be the tallest peak in the world. There is was built [[Ilmarin]], the abode of [[Manwe]] and [[Varda]]. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The name means "high-snow-peak"<ref>{{PE|17}} pp. 26, 168<ref> and is analyzed as ''ta-'' (cf. ''[[tára]]), ''[[nique]]'' and ''[[tilde]]''. Other names are Taniquetilde Tára or [[Elerrína]]. | The name means "high-snow-peak"<ref>{{PE|17}} pp. 26, 168</ref> and is analyzed as ''ta-'' (cf. ''[[tára]]), ''[[nique]]'' and ''[[tilde]]''. Other names are Taniquetilde Tára or [[Elerrína]]. | ||
In [[Valarin]] it was called ''[[Dâhan-igwiš-telgûn]]'', or less properly '''Dahanigwištilgûn'''. | In [[Valarin]] it was called ''[[Dâhan-igwiš-telgûn]]'', or less properly '''Dahanigwištilgûn'''. | ||
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Taniquetil by J.R.R. Tolkien
Taniquetil (Quenya, pronounced [taˈnikʷetil]) was the peak of Oiolosse, the great Holy Mountain, said to be the tallest peak in the world. There is was built Ilmarin, the abode of Manwe and Varda.
Etymology
The name means "high-snow-peak"[1] and is analyzed as ta- (cf. tára), nique and tilde. Other names are Taniquetilde Tára or Elerrína.
In Valarin it was called Dâhan-igwiš-telgûn, or less properly Dahanigwištilgûn.
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson) pp. 26, 168
