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'''''Trāgu''''' is the name of the [[Dragons|dragon]] [[Smaug]] in the [[language of Dale]].<ref>{{PM|II}}, p. 54</ref>
''trâgu'' means "squeezed through a hole"<ref>{{HM|L}}, [[Letter 31]]</ref> in [[Dalish]] and the name of [[Dragons|dragon]] [[Smaug]]
 
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The word seems to come from a [[Sundocarmë|Root]] *TAR'H<ref>[[Andreas Möhn|Andreas Moehn]], [http://lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolkien/Fr_Atani.html Etymologies of the Atani Languages]</ref>
It has been suggested that the word seems to come from a [[Sundocarmë|Root]] *TAR'H.<ref>[[Andreas Möhn|Andreas Moehn]], [http://lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolkien/Fr_Atani.html Etymologies of the Atani Languages]</ref>
 
==Related words==
==Related words==
*[[Northern Mannish]] ''[[trahald]]'' "[[Sméagol]]"
*[[Northern Mannish]] ''[[trahald]]'' "[[Sméagol]]"
*[[Rohirric]] ''[[trahan]]'' "to burrow"
*[[Rohirric]] ''[[trahan]]'' "burrow"
*[[Hobbitish]] ''[[trân]]'' "[[smial]]"
*[[Hobbitish]] ''[[trân]]'' "[[smial]]"
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Revision as of 18:11, 31 May 2021

Trāgu is the name of the dragon Smaug in the language of Dale.[1]

Etymology

It has been suggested that the word seems to come from a Root *TAR'H.[2]

Related words

References