Quenya 

ita-

sparkle

ita- 1) vb. "sparkle" (SA:ril, PM:363)

ita-

verb. to sparkle

Derivations

  • √IT “glitter, shine, shimmer, twinkle” ✧ PM/363

Element in

  • Q. Itarillë “*Sparkling Brilliance” ✧ SA/ril

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√it > ita-[ita-]✧ PM/363
Quenya [PM/363; SA/ril] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tintina-

sparkle

tintina- vb. "sparkle" (actually glossed "it sparkles") (TIN)

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Qenya 

tintina-

verb. to sparkle

Cognates

  • Ilk. tingla- “to sparkle” ✧ Ety/TIN

Derivations

  • ᴹ√TIN “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” ✧ Ety/TIN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√TIN > tintina[tintina-]✧ Ety/TIN

Variations

  • tintina ✧ Ety/TIN

Doriathrin

tingla-

verb. to sparkle

A verb meaning “to sparkle” derived from the root ᴹ√TIN (Ety/TIN), most likely from a primitive verb ✱✶tinglā. If so, it is an example of how the Ilkorin a-affection was prevented or reverted before [ŋg]. This development was pointed out by Helge Fauskanger, though he suggested the primitive verb was ✱✶tintilā, a cognate Q. tintila-, with a medial development of [-nt(i)l-] > [-ngl-] (AL-Ilkorin/tingla-).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. tintina- “to sparkle” ✧ Ety/TIN

Derivations

  • ᴹ√TIN “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” ✧ Ety/TIN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√TIN > tingla-[tiŋgla-] > [teŋgla-] > [tiŋgla-]✧ Ety/TIN
Doriathrin [Ety/TIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

sinta-

verb. to sparkle

Early Primitive Elvish

gwini

root. sparkle

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variant forms ᴱ√GWIMI and ᴱ√GWINI and glossed “sparkle” (QL/104). They had derivatives in both Qenya and Gnomish such as ᴱQ. wimpele “a twinkling”, ᴱQ. wintil “a glint”, G. gwim “a spark, wink”, and G. gwinc “a spark, flash” (QL/104, GL/45). There are no signs of these roots in Tolkien’s later writing.

Changes

  • WINI → GWINI ✧ QL/104
  • WIMI → GWIMI ✧ QL/104
  • WINI → GWINI ✧ QL/104

Derivatives

  • Eq. wimpele “a twinkling” ✧ QL/104
  • Eq. wintele “*twinkling” ✧ QL/104
  • Eq. wintil “a glint” ✧ LT1A/Morwinyon; QL/104
  • Eq. winwe “a sparkling, flash” ✧ QL/104
  • Eq. winya- “to flash, glint” ✧ QL/104
  • G. gwim “spark, wink” ✧ LT1A/Morwinyon
  • G. gwinc “spark, flash” ✧ LT1A/Morwinyon

Element in

  • Eq. Morwinyon “Glint at Dusk, Glint in the Dark; Arcturus” ✧ LT1A/Morwinyon
  • G. Morwinthi “Arcturus” ✧ LT1A/Morwinyon

Variations

  • GWIMI ✧ QL/104; QL/104
  • WINI ✧ QL/104 (WINI); QL/104 (WINI)
  • WIMI ✧ QL/104 (WIMI)
Early Primitive Elvish [LT1A/Morwinyon; QL/104] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

sinty-

verb. to sparkle

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√SṆT͡YṆ > sinty-[sṇtʲ-] > [sintʲ-]✧ QL/085
ᴱ√SṆT͡YṆ > santye[sṇ̄tʲe-] > [santʲe-]✧ QL/085
Early Quenya [QL/085] Group: Eldamo. Published by