Quenya 

cat-

verb. shape

shape, fashion

Quenya [PE 18:90] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

canta

shape

canta (2) _("k") noun"shape" (PE17:175), also used as adj._ "shaped", also as quasi-suffix -canta ("k") "-shaped" (KAT)

venië

shape, cut

venië noun? "shape, cut" (LT1:254)

venwë

shape, cut

venwë noun? "shape, cut" (LT1:254)

Sindarin 

auth

noun. a dim shape, spectral or vague apparition

Sindarin [VT/42:9] Group: SINDICT. Published by

cant

noun. shape, shape; [N.] outline

Derivations

  • KAT “shape, shape, [ᴹ√] make”

Element in

  • S. cannas “[abstract] shape”
  • ᴺS. dorgant “landscape, scene, *(lit.) land-shape”
  • S. morchant “shadow cast by light, (lit.) dark shape” ✧ VT42/09

fân

shape

_n._shape, with the added notion of light and whiteness. It was thus often used where we might use 'a vision' (of something beautiful and sublime). Q. fana-. Tolkien notes that "Yet being elvish, though it may be used of things remote, it has no implication either of uncertainty or unreality" (PE17:26). In the name Fanuilos of Elbereth, the Fân was the vision of majesty of Elbereth upon the mountain where she dwelt.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:26] < FAN white, esp. applied to reflected light as of clouds, snow, frost, mist. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

cant

shape

(noun) cant (i gant, o chant) (outline), pl. caint (i **chaint). The mutated pl. -chaint is attested as part of the compound morchaint**; see SHADOW.

cant

shape

(i gant, o chant) (outline), pl. caint (i chaint). The mutated pl. -chaint is attested as part of the compound morchaint; see SHADOW.

echad

shape

(verb) echad- (i echad, in echedir) (fashion, make), pa.t. echant (VT45:19)

echad

shape

(i echad, in echedir) (fashion, make), pa.t. echant (VT45:19)

Primitive elvish

kat

root. shape, shape, [ᴹ√] make

The root ᴹ√KAT “shape” first appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives ᴹQ. kanta- “to shape”, ᴹQ. kanta “shaped”, and N. echad- “fashion, shape” (Ety/KAT). All these derivatives reappeared in Tolkien’s later writings, though Q. canta was more typically used as the noun “shape” (PE17/175; PE18/84, 90). The root appeared frequently in both the first and second version of Tengwesta Qenderinwa as an example of a biconsonantal root (TQ1: PE18/34, 46, 62; TQ2: PE18/84-85, 87, 89-90, 95).

Derivatives

  • aktō “artificer, artificer, [ᴹ✶] maker, wright” ✧ PE18/085; PE18/085; PE18/087
    • ᴺQ. ahto “wright, maker”
    • Q. ahto “wright, maker” ✧ PE18/085
  • kanta “shape; fashion” ✧ PE18/089
    • Q. canta “shape, framework, shape, framework, [ᴹQ.] frame; shaped”
  • kat- “to shape” ✧ PE18/095
  • katal “carving tool”
  • Q. canta “shape, framework, shape, framework, [ᴹQ.] frame; shaped” ✧ PE18/090
  • Q. cat- “to shape, fashion” ✧ PE18/090
  • Q. canwa “face”
  • S. cant “shape, shape; [N.] outline”

Element in

  • ᴺQ. cacátu- “to design, shape or fashion slowly”
  • S. echad- “to form, make, shape, cut out; (lit.) to shape out, to form, make, shape, cut out, [N.] fashion; [S.] (lit.) to shape out”
Primitive elvish [PE18/084; PE18/085; PE18/087; PE18/089; PE18/090; PE18/095] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Middle Primitive Elvish

kat

root. shape, make

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶aktō “artificer, maker, wright” ✧ PE18/062
    • ᴹQ. ahto “wright, maker” ✧ PE18/062
  • ᴹ✶kantaya “shapely”
    • ᴹQ. kantea “shapely” ✧ PE19/063
  • ᴹ✶kat- “to shape” ✧ PE18/034; PE18/046
  • ᴹ✶katal “carving tool”
  • ᴹ✶katwā “shaped, formed” ✧ Ety/KAT
    • On. katwe “shaped, formed” ✧ Ety/KAT
    • N. cadw “shaped, formed” ✧ Ety/KAT
  • ᴹQ. kanta “shape, frame; shaped” ✧ Ety/KAT
  • ᴹQ. kanta- “to shape” ✧ Ety/KAT
  • N. cant “outline” ✧ Ety/KAT

Element in

  • ᴹ✶etkat- “to fashion” ✧ Ety/KAT
  • N. echain “new, built again”
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KAT; PE18/034; PE18/046; PE18/062] Group: Eldamo. Published by