ta

preposition. on, above; by, beside; than [in comparisons]

ta

pronoun. they; 3rd pl. neut. pronoun

ta

pronoun. that (there)

tanya

adjective. that

tá

adverb/adjective. high; high above, high up

An adjective or adverb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as tā “†high” or “high above, high up” under the early root ᴱ√TAHA (QL/87). It was mentioned again as tá “above” in the English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s, but in that document it was deleted (PE15/67). The Qenya word tá was also given as the equivalent of ᴱN. dá “high” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/141, 161).

ta-

prefix. *their; 3rd pl. neut. possessive

tasarin

noun. willow

lintasarindea

adjective. having many willows

A word for “having many willows” appearing in various notes from the 1910s and 20s as linta(ta)sarind(e)a (QL/53), lintasarind(e)a (PME/53) and lintatasarindea (PE14/112). It is a combination of ᴱQ. li(n)- “many” and an adjectival form of ᴱQ. tasarin “willow”. The possibly duplicated ta(ta) in this word seems to be an artifact of the prefix ᴱQ. li(n)-; compare to limpa(pa)lasse(a) “much roaring” based on ᴱQ. palasse “splashing” (QL/53).

kan(ta)kainen

cardinal. forty

The Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s had ᴱQ. kan(ta)kainen “forty” as a combination of ᴱQ. kanta “four” and ᴱQ. kainen “ten” (PE14/49, 82).

Neo-Quenya: Late in Tolkien’s life, Tolkien changed the Quenya word for “ten” to quëan or quain, which has been the basis for various neologisms for “forty”: ᴺQ. canaquëan, ᴺQ. canaquain, or ᴺQ. canquain. I prefer to use ᴺQ. canquain for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

-nta

suffix. to, at, towards; allative suffix

tyú(ta)

noun. thigh

erus(ta)

noun/adjective. outside

ilweran(ta)

noun. bridge of heaven, rainbow

lirit(ta)

noun. poem, lay, written poem

tengwet(ta)

noun. idea, notion

entan

adverb. then

linta(ta)sarind(e)a

adjective. having many willows

tetta

noun. baby

ne

conjunction. that

sanda

adjective. that

santo

pronoun. that

nen

noun. nostril

A word appearing as ᴱQ. nen “nostril” in several documents from the 1920s (PE14/72; PE15/75; PE16/113). Its plural form nengi made it clear its stem was neng- (PE14/72; PE16/112). Its (Early Qenya) dual nenqi was also “usually used of the nose or both nostrils of one person” (PE15/75).

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, the word for “nostril” was ᴱQ. sūma under the early root ᴱ√SUHYU “breath, exhale”, where its dual sunwi “nostrils” could also be used as “nose” (QL/86). The word súma “nostril” was mentioned in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa along with its dual sunwi (PME/86). Under the same early root, Tolkien had ᴱQ. súne as a more ordinary word for “nose”, specifically a nose of a human (QL/86; PME/86). ᴱQ. súne “nose” survived in the documents from the 1920s (PE14/76; PE15/75; PE16/136), but “nostril” became ᴱQ. nen (neng-) as noted above.

See the entry on ᴹQ. nengwe for a discussion of later “nose” words from the 1930s.

Neo-Quenya: Since ᴹ√NEÑ-WI was the base for the word ᴹQ. nengwe “nose” in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/NEÑ-WI), ᴺQ. nen (neng-) “nostril” might remain viable for purposes of Neo-Quenya as a derivative of the shorter form of this root: ᴹ√NEÑ. However, in later Quenya grammar its dual would most likely become ✱nengu, and I would use the dual only for “(pair of) nostrils” and not “nose”.

-ndon

suffix. -ly, -ily; manner suffix

-tya

suffix. causative

sa

pronoun. that (there)

pilin

noun. feather; arrow

tulu-

verb. to bring, carry, fetch; to move (intr.), come; to produce, bear fruit

enken

adverb. then

tea-

prefix. *their; 3rd pl. neut. possessive

tyen

adverb. then