taina

sign

#taina (2) noun "sign", isolated from Tainacolli *"Sign-bearer" MR:385

taina

noun. extension

Element in

• Q. ómataima “vocalic extension”

taina

adjective. lengthened

lengthened

taina

lengthened, extended

taina (1) adj. "lengthened, extended" (TAY), "stretched, elongated" (VT39:7), also noun "extension" in the compound ómataina, q.v.

taina

adjective. stretched, elongated, stretched, elongated; [ᴹQ.] lengthened, extended, prolonged

Derivations

• √TAY “mark, line, limit; stretch, [ᴹ√] extend, make long(er), stretch, [ᴹ√] extend, make long(er); [√] mark, line, limit” ✧ VT39/07

Element in

• Q. sínen i·anda nyarnë metta ar taina andaurenya na quanta “*with this the long tale ends and my extended long day is complete” ✧ Minor-Doc/1955-CT

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√TAJA > taina	[taina]	✧ VT39/07

Variations

• taina ✧ Minor-Doc/1955-CT; VT39/07

taima

noun. extension

Derivations

• √TAY “mark, line, limit; stretch, [ᴹ√] extend, make long(er), stretch, [ᴹ√] extend, make long(er); [√] mark, line, limit”

Element in

• Q. ómataima “vocalic extension” ✧ PE18/086; WJ/417

Variations

• taina ✧ WJ/417 (taina)

taima#

noun. extension

extension

tanna

sign, token

tanna (1) noun "sign, token" (MR:385, PE17:186), also tanwa (PE17:186)

tanwa

sign, token

tanwa noun "sign, token" (Tolkien marked this word with a query, but it is not clearly rejected). Also tanna (#1). (PE17:186)

anda

long

anda adj. "long" (ÁNAD/ANDA), "far" (PE17:90).In Andafangar noun "Longbeards", one of the tribes of the Dwarves (= Khuzdul Sigin-tarâg and Sindarin Anfangrim) (PM:320). Compare Andafalassë, #andamacil, andamunda, andanéya, andatehta, Anduinë. Apparently derived from the adj. anda is andavë "long" as adverb ("at great length", PE17:102), suggesting that the ending -vë can be used to derive adverbs from adjectives (LotR3:VI ch. 4, translated in Letters:308)

téna

straight, right

téna (1) adj. "straight, right" (SD:310; see téra)

andavë

long, at great length

andavë adv. "long, at great length" (PE17:102); see anda

tengwa

noun. sign

sign, indicator, letter

ando

long

ando (2) adv. "long"; maybe replaced by andavë; see anda (VT14:5)

sóra

long, trailing

sóra adj. "long, trailing" (LT2:344)

narwë

sign, token

[narwë (and short nar, unless this is an incomplete form) noun "sign, token"] (VT45:37)

téra

straight, right

téra adj. "straight, right" (TEÑ, see TE3; LR:47; in one text Tolkien changed it to téna, SD:310)