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The '''Tarmasundar''', or "Roots of the Pillar", were the five ridges that made up the base of the [[Meneltarma]], a mountain in the middle of the island of [[Númenor]]. Each root extended in the direction of the five promontories of that island. | The '''Tarmasundar''', or "Roots of the Pillar", were the five ridges that made up the base of the [[Meneltarma]], a mountain in the middle of the island of [[Númenor]]. Each root extended in the direction of the five promontories of that island.<ref>{{UT|Numenor}}</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The name comes from the [[Quenya]] words ''[[tarma]]'', meaning "pillar" (referring to [[Meneltarma]]), and *''[[sunda]]'', meaning "root". | The name comes from the [[Quenya]] words ''[[tarma]]'', meaning "pillar" (referring to [[Meneltarma]]), and *''[[sunda]]'', meaning "root". | ||
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[[Category:Númenor]] | [[Category:Númenor]] | ||
[[Category:Quenya Locations]] | [[Category:Quenya Locations]] | ||
Revision as of 21:37, 29 October 2011
The Tarmasundar, or "Roots of the Pillar", were the five ridges that made up the base of the Meneltarma, a mountain in the middle of the island of Númenor. Each root extended in the direction of the five promontories of that island.[1]
Etymology
The name comes from the Quenya words tarma, meaning "pillar" (referring to Meneltarma), and *sunda, meaning "root".
