Q. Meneltarma loc. “Pillar of Heaven”
Name of the highest and holiest mountain in Númenor, translated “Pillar of Heaven” (S/261). This name is a compound of menel “the heavens” and tarma “pillar” (SA/menel, tarma).
Conceptual Development: This mountain was referred to only as the “Mountain of Ilúvatar” in the first version of the “Fall of Númenor” (LR/27). Its Quenya name first emerged in the versions of the stories associated with the unfinished “Notion Club Papers” story from the 1940s, in forms such as ᴹQ. Menelmin(do) or Meneltyúla (SD/315, 335, 346), though at this stage it frequently appeared in its Adûnaic forms: Ad. Menel-Tûbal >> Minul-târik (SD/388). In the revisions of the Akallabêth in the 1950s, the name first appeared as Menelmindon but was soon revised to its final form Meneltarma (PM/146).
References ✧ Let/194, 204; LotRI; LRI; MRI; PM/146; PMI; S/261; SA/menel, tar; SDI2/Meneltarma; SI; UT/166; UTI; VT42/21
Glosses
Elements
| menel | “the heavens, firmament, sky” | ✧ SA/menel |
| tarma | “pillar” | ✧ SA/tar |
Cognates
ᴹQ. Menelmin(do) loc. “Pillar of Heaven”
References ✧ PM/146; PMI/Meneltarma; SD/302, 315, 335; SDI2/Menelmin
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Elements
| menel | “the heavens, firmament, sky” |
| #mindon | “(isolated) tower” |
Cognates
ᴹQ. Meneltyúla loc.
References ✧ SD/302, 315, 346; SDI2/Menelmin
Variations
Elements
| menel | “the heavens, firmament, sky” |
| tyulma | “mast” |