lalt

noun. dance

A noun appearing as G. lalt “a dance” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/52), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√LḶTḶ “dance” (QL/55), probably with [[g|long syllabic [ḹ] becoming [al]]].

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would adapt this word as ᴺS. lilt for better compatibility with the later root ᴹ√LILT “dance”, as suggested by Fiona Jallings.

laltha-

verb. to dance

A word appearing as G. laltha- “to dance” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a verb form of G. lalt “a dance” (GL/52).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would adapt this word as ᴺS. liltha- for better compatibility with the later root ᴹ√LILT “dance”.

tinta-

verb. to dance

A noun glossed “dance” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/70), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√TṆTṆ (QL/93), probably with [[g|short syllabic [ṇ] becoming [in]]]. It had a past form {tinti >>} tanti showing the development of [[g|long syllabic [ṇ̄] to [an]]].

tanta

noun. a dance

A noun glossed “a dance” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/69), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√TṆTṆ (QL/93), probably with [[g|long syllabic [ṇ̄] becoming [an]]].

lilt

noun. dance

A noun appearing in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s as ᴱQ. lilt “a dance” based on the early root ᴱ√LḶTḶ (QL/55), where [[eq|short syllabic [ḷ] became [il]]] (PE12/11). In the English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s, the noun form was lalta, probably with [[eq|long syllabic [ḹ] becoming [al]]] (PE15/71).

Neo-Quenya: I would adapt this noun as ᴺQ. liltë “dance”, based on the later root ᴹ√LILT “dance” (Ety/LILT).

tantare

noun. dance

A word for “dance” in the English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s, a noun form of ᴱQ. tanta- “dance” (PE15/71). The same noun appeared various times in the contemporaneous Early Qenya Grammar (PE14/42-44, 71, 73).

lalta

noun. dance

tanta-

verb. to dance (tr.), dandle, wave

A verb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “dance (tr.), dandle, wave”, derived from the early root ᴱ√TṆTṆ having to do with bouncing things (QL/94). In the same entry there was a separate verb tanta- “bounce, bound, rebound” (QL/93). The two verbs had distinct past forms: tante “bounced” vs. tantane “dandled”, and seem to be intransitive and transitive respectively. In the English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s it was given as a verb meaning “dance” (PE15/71).

liltie

noun. dancing, dance

A noun appearing in the Qenya Lexicon and as ᴱQ. liltie “dancing”, an elaboration of ᴱQ. lilt- “dance” (QL/55). In the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa it was glossed “dance” and equated to ᴱQ. lilt.

Neo-Quenya: ᴺQ. liltië “dancing” is still viable as the gerund of the 1930s verb Q. lilta- “to dance” (Ety/LILT; PE23/134). As a gerund, I would use liltië for the general activity of “dancing”, while a specific “dance” would be ᴺQ. liltë.

lilt-

verb. to dance

lilt

root. dance

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dance” with derivative ᴹQ. lilta- of the same meaning (Ety/LILT). It is a later iteration of ᴱ√LḶTḶ “dance” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, with both Qenya and Gnomish derivatives like ᴱQ. lilt and G. lalt “dance” (QL/55; GL/52).

lḷtḷ

root. dance

lḷt-

verb. to dance

tṇt-

verb. to bounce

lilta-

verb. to dance