taxë ("ks")noun "nail" (TAK)
Quenya
nyelet
nail
nyelet
noun. nail (of the finger)
taxë
nail
Noldorin
taes
noun. nail
taes
noun. nail
A noun for “nail” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶taksē under the root ᴹ√TAK “fix, make fast” (Ety/TAK). Here the k became spirantal before s [taχse] and then vocalized to i to produce the diphthong ai [tais(e)], which then developed into ae [taes].
Neo-Sindarin: These Noldorin developments of the 1930s are different from the spirantal developments of Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s. It seems that ancient ks became ch in Sindarin: compare S. ach “neck” from primitive ✶aks (PE17/92). If you update this “nail” word to fit these developments it should become ᴺS. ✱tach. However, I prefer to retain the 1930s form taes and assume it was a dialectical variant.
Sindarin
taes
nail
taes (i daes, o thaes), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thaes).
taes
nail
(i daes, o thaes), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thaes).
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Early Quenya
nyelet
noun. nail (of the finger)
ᴱQ. nyelet “nail (of the finger)” appeared in the English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s with a plural form nyeleksi (PE15/75). It was probably related to ᴱQ. nyelekka “onyx” from the same document (PE15/76).
Neo-Quenya: I’d retain the word ᴺQ. nyelet “finger nail” for purposes of Neo-Quenya derived from a Neo-Root ᴺ√NYELEK, but I would assume that its stem form is nyelec- because (a) I think the plural nyeleksi may be the result of Early Qenya phonetic changes like how [[eq|[ti] became [tsi]]] and (b) a stem form ending in ks- would become a final s in later Quenya phonology (PE19/104).
takse
noun. nail
tas
noun. nail
Qenya
takse
noun. nail
A noun for “nail” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶taksē under the root ᴹ√TAK “fix, make fast” (Ety/TAK).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. tas (taks-) “nail” under the early root ᴱ√TAKA “fix, fasten” (QL/88), while the English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s had takse “nail” (PE15/75).
nyelet noun "nail" (of the finger), pl. nyelexi (PE15:75)