tachol

noun. brooch, clasp, pin

A word glossed “clasp, brooch” in both versions of Tengwesta Qenderinwa from the 1930s (TQ1: PE18/51) and around 1950 (TQ2: PE18/100) derived from primitive ✶tankla based on the root √TAK “fix, fasten”. N. tachol also appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√TAK “fix, make fast” where it had the same derivation but the glosses “pin, brooch” (Ety/TAK). In notes on the Common Eldarin Article (CEA) from 1969, Tolkien said the ordinary Sindarin form was tachl ([taxḷ] or [taxǝl]) and the fuller form tachol was limited to North Sindarin (PE23/137).

The earlier forms of this word illustrate the phonetic development whereby final l became syllabic and developed into -ol in Sindarin/Noldorin. Tolkien late decision to make the Sindarin form be tachl indicates his vacillation on this sound change.

tachol

pin

(noun) tachol (i dachol, o thachol) (brooch), analogical pl. techyl (i thechyl)

tachol

brooch

tachol (i dachol, o thachol) (pin), analogical pl. techyl (i thechyl)

tachol

pin

(i dachol, o thachol) (brooch), analogical pl. techyl (i thechyl)

tachol

brooch

(i dachol, o thachol) (pin), analogical pl. techyl (i thechyl)

taew

clasp

taew (i daew, o thaew) (holder, socket, hasp, staple), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thaew)

taew

clasp

(i daew, o thaew) (holder, socket, hasp, staple), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thaew)