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'''Mámandil''' is a [[Quenya]] word for "shepherd". It was the epithet of [[Hallacar]] of [[Hyarastorni]] while he stayed among the pastoral lands of [[Emerië]].<ref>{{UT|Wife}}</ref>
'''Mámandil''' is a [[Quenya]] word for "shepherd".  
 
"Mámandil son of [[Úner]]" was the epithet of [[Hallacar]] of [[Hyarastorni]] while he stayed incognito among the pastoral lands of [[Emerië]].<ref>{{UT|Wife}}</ref>
==Etymologies==
==Etymologies==
The name derives from ''[[Máma]]'' "sheep"<ref>{{HM|WJ}} p.395</ref> and ''[[-ndil]]''
The name derives from ''[[Máma]]'' "sheep"<ref>{{HM|WJ}} p.395</ref> and ''[[-ndil]]''
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[[category:Quenya nouns]]
[[category:Quenya nouns]]

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Mámandil is a Quenya word for "shepherd".

"Mámandil son of Úner" was the epithet of Hallacar of Hyarastorni while he stayed incognito among the pastoral lands of Emerië.[1]

Etymologies

The name derives from Máma "sheep"[2] and -ndil

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