tára (1) adj. "lofty". (SA:tar, LT1:264, TĀ/TA3 (AYAK, TÁWAR), VT45:6), "tall, high" (WJ:417). Compare antara. Adverb táro in an early "Qenya" text (VT27:20, 26). The adj. tára is not to be confused with the continuative form of the verb #tar- "stand".
Quenya
tára
wise
tára
adjective. wise
Derivations
- ✶dāra “wise” ✧ PE17/102
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶dāra > tāra [dāra] > [tāra] ✧ PE17/102 Variations
- tāra ✧ PE17/102
tára
lofty
tára
adjective. lofty, tall, high
Changes
- tāra → tāra “tall” ✧ PE17/186
Cognates
- S. taer “lofty, lofty, *high” ✧ PE17/186; PE17/186
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √TAG/Tā- > tāra [tagra] > [taɣra] > [tāra] ✧ PE17/186 √TĂR > tāra [tāra] ✧ PE17/186 ✶tagra > tāra [tagra] > [taɣra] > [tāra] ✧ PE17/186 √TAR > tára [tāra] ✧ WJ/417 Variations
- tāra ✧ PE17/186; PE17/186; PE17/186
- tára ✧ SA/tar; WJ/417
tána
high, lofty, noble
tána (meaning unclear, probably adj. "high, lofty, noble") (TĀ/TA3). Compare tára.
tá
high
tá 2) adj. "high" (LT1:264; there spelt tâ. This is hardly a valid word in Tolkien's later Quenya, but cf. tára "lofty".)
antara
very high, very lofty
antara adj. "very high, very lofty", the adjective tára "lofty" with the superlative prefix an- (q.v.) We might have expected *antára. Also place-name Antaro (VT45:5, 36), said to be the "name of a mountain in Valinor south of Taniq[u]etil" (VT46:17)
tar-
affix. high, high; [ᴹQ.] king or queen (in compounds)
Cognates
- S. -dor “*king, lord”
Derivations
- √TĀ/TAƷ “high, high, [ᴹ√] lofty; noble”
Element in
- Q. Alatar
- Q. Annatar “Lord of Gifts” ✧ SA/tar
- Q. Arantar “*High King”
- Q. Tar Calimos “*Royal Bright City”
- Q. Hyarantar “?Southern Height”
- Q. Sorontar “King of Eagles”
- Q. Taniquetil “High White Peak”
- Q. tára “lofty, tall, high” ✧ SA/tar
- Q. Tarannon
- Q. Tarcil “High Man, Númenórean”
- Q. Tarciryan
- Q. Tareldar “High-elves”
- Q. tarhanwa “throne, (lit.) high seat” ✧ PE22/148
- Q. tári “queen, queen, [ᴱQ.] mistress, lady” ✧ SA/tar
- Q. Tarindor “*High minded one”
- Q. tarma “pillar” ✧ SA/tar
- Q. Tarmenel “High Heaven”
- Q. tarminas “great towering building (fort/city/castle), tower”
- ᴺQ. tarolwen “sceptre, (lit.) royal branch”
- Q. Tarondor “?King of Stones”
- Q. Tarostar “?King of the Lands”
- Q. Tarquesta “High Speech, High Language”
- Q. Tarumbar “King of the World”
- S. Tarmund “Noble Bull”
Variations
- tar- ✧ PE22/148; SA/tar
arata
high, lofty, noble
arata adj. "high, lofty, noble" (PE17:49, 186). Also used as a a noun with nominal pl. form Aratar "the Supreme", the chief Valar, translation of the foreign word Máhani adopted and adapted from Valarin (WJ:402). Aratarya "her sublimity"; Varda Aratarya "Varda the lofty, Varda in her sublimity" (WJ:369). In one source, Aratar is translated as a singular: "High One" (PE17:186)
saira
wise
saira adj. "wise" (SAY, VT46:12; a later source has the alternative formation #saila as above)
canya
adjective. wise
halda
adjective. high, tall
saila
wise
#saila adj. "wise" (isolated from alasaila [q.v.] "unwise" in a late source)
saila
adjective. wise
Cognates
- S. sael “wise”
Derivations
- ᴹ√SAY “know, understand”
Element in
- Q. alasaila “unwise” ✧ VT41/18
- ᴺQ. sailiendil “philosopher”
istima
adjective. wise, knowledgeable, v.well informed
iswa
wise
iswa adj. "wise" (LT2:339); rather saila in Tolkiens later Quenya.
nóla
wise, learned
nóla ("ñ") (1) adj. "wise, learned" (ÑGOL) (note that this and the next nóla would be spelt differently in Tengwar writing, and originally they were also pronounced differently, since nóla "wise, learned" was ñóla in First Age Quenya).
isqua
wise
isqua ("q") adj. "wise" (LT2:339).
arata
high, lofty, noble
arata adj. "high, lofty, noble" (PE17:49, 186). Also used as a a noun with nominal pl. form Aratar "the Supreme", the chief Valar, translation of the foreign word Máhani adopted and adapted from Valarin (WJ:402). Aratarya "her sublimity"; Varda Aratarya "Varda the lofty, Varda in her sublimity" (WJ:369). In one source, Aratar is translated as a singular: "High One" (PE17:186)
tára (2) ?"wise". (From tentative notes trying to explain Daur [unlenited *Taur] as Sindarin name of Frodo; the more normal word for "wise" seems to be saila/saira.)