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Early Quenya

lepta

noun. finger

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Variations

  • lepta ✧ PE15/72; PE15/74; PE16/137
Early Quenya [PE15/72; PE15/74; PE16/137] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lepta

adjective. hooked (as a tendril)

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LEPE “*finger” ✧ QL/053

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LEPE > lepta[leptā] > [lepta]✧ QL/053

Variations

  • lepta ✧ QL/053
Early Quenya [QL/053] Group: Eldamo. Published by

let

noun. finger

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LEPE “*finger” ✧ QL/053

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LEPE > let[lept] > [let]✧ QL/053
Early Quenya [PME/053; QL/053] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tenna

noun. finger

A noun for “finger” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√TENE “touch, feel” (QL/91). It was also mentioned in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, but with -nd- written above it indicating a variant form tenda (PME/91). A similar word tenge “finger” appeared Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/137), but ᴱQ. lepta was written next to it, perhaps as a replacement, since after this point finger-words were primarily based on √LEP.

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TENE “touch, feel” ✧ QL/091

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TENE > tenna[tennā] > [tenna]✧ QL/091

Variations

  • tenge ✧ PE16/137
Early Quenya [PE16/137; PME/091; QL/091] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tenge

noun. finger

tyúte

noun. thumb

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TYU ✧ QL/050

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TYU > tyūte[tʲūti] > [tʲūte]✧ QL/050

Variations

  • tyūte ✧ QL/050; QL/093
Early Quenya [QL/050; QL/093] Group: Eldamo. Published by