A verb appearing as tinga- “twang” in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed derived from the onomatopoeic root ᴹ√TING or ᴹ√TANG (Ety/TING). The Quenya Verbal System (QVS) of 1948 instead had tanga- with past forms tange or tangane “twanged”, derived from ᴹ√TAÑ.
Neo-Quenya: In a 2025-01-30 post to the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), Luinyelle suggested this verb might also mean “✱ping” in the modern internet sense, as in tinganel nin “you pinged me”.
A word appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts as part of Treebeard’s description of orcs (SD/68), the equivalent of English “bow-legged” from the finished text (LotR/979) and a combination of [ᴹQ.] qinga “bow” and telko “leg”.