tir
From Tolkien Gateway
tir- is a Quenya verb meaning "watch, guard, heed".[1] Compare with the Sindarin noun tirith.
Examples
- palantíri = "Watch Far and Wide" (colloquially translated as "Seeing-stones")
- Tirion = "[City of] the Watchers"
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", tir