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Early Quenya

-tenda

suffix. having fingers

A suffix meaning “having fingers” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√TENE “touch, feel” (QL/91), appearing as an element in ᴱQ. tapatenda “taper fingered (light fingered)”, whose initial element was ᴱQ. tapa- “taper” (QL/89). In later writings, such adjectives were usually formed with Q. lepta, as in [ᴹQ.] rakkalepta “✱claw-fingered” (SD/68).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TENE “touch, feel” ✧ QL/091

Element in

  • Eq. tapatenda “taper fingered, light fingered, long fingered” ✧ QL/089

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TENE > -tenda[-tendā] > [-tenda]✧ QL/091
Early Quenya [QL/089; QL/091] Group: Eldamo. Published by