taina

sign

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

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)

tehta

mark, sign

tehta noun "mark, sign" (TEK, VT39:17, Appendix E), especially diacritics denoting vowels in Fëanorian writing (pl. tehtar is attested); these diacritics are explicitly called ómatehtar "vowel-marks", q.v.

tengwa

noun. sign

sign, indicator, letter

narwë

sign, token

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

sartë

noun. note, jot, scribbling, (lit.) a little writing

@@@ by Röandil in the “Neologism of the Day” series on the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) on 2023-04-01 from pre-classical period with sar- meant “to write”; alternate later from tehtë, (tehti-) from √TEK

Cognates

• ᴺS. sarth “note, jot, scribbling”

Derivatives

• ᴺS. sarth “note, jot, scribbling”

Elements

Word	Gloss
sar-	“to mark (i.e. by incision), notch, score; (by later extension) †to write [on]”

taith

noun. mark

taith

noun. a sign

_ n. _a sign, symbol, mark. Q. tehta. >> teith, teithant

taith

noun. sign, symbol, mark, sign, symbol; mark, [N.] stroke; [G.] letter

Cognates

• Q. tehta “(written) mark, sign, symbol, †written letter, (written) mark, sign, symbol, [ᴹQ.] diacritic, [Q.] †written letter” ✧ PE17/043

Derivations

• ✶tektā “sign, symbol, mark” ✧ PE17/043
  • √TEK “make a written mark, sign, write, make a written mark, sign, write, [ᴹ√] write or draw (signs or letters)” ✧ PE22/149

Element in

• S. andaith “long-mark”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶tek-tā > teith > taith	[tektā] > [tekta] > [tektʰa] > [texθa] > [teiθa] > [teiθ] > [taiθ]	✧ PE17/043

teith

noun. a sign

_ n. _a sign, symbol, mark. Q. tehta. >> taith, teithant

andaith

noun. long-mark, sign used in writing alphabetic tengwar over a vowel, to indicate that it is lengthened.

taen

noun. sign

glandagol

noun. boundary mark

taith

mark

(noun) taith (i daith, o thaith), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thaith). Archaic teith.

taith

mark

(i daith, o thaith), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thaith). Archaic teith.

taith

noun. note, jot, scribbling, (lit.) a little writing

Derivations

• √TEK “make a written mark, sign, write, make a written mark, sign, write, [ᴹ√] write or draw (signs or letters)”

tann

sign

1) (etymologically ”something shown/indicated”) tann (i dann), construct tan, pl. tain (i thain) (MR:185); 2) têw (i dêw, o thêw, construct tew) (letter, tengwa), pl. tîw (i **thîw), coll. pl. téwath**;

tann

sign

(i dann), construct tan, pl. tain (i thain)** **(MR:185)

têw

sign

(i dêw, o thêw, construct tew) (letter, tengwa), pl. tîw (i thîw), coll. pl. téwath

tektā

noun. sign, symbol, mark

Derivations

• √TEK “make a written mark, sign, write, make a written mark, sign, write, [ᴹ√] write or draw (signs or letters)” ✧ PE22/149

Derivatives

• Q. tehta “(written) mark, sign, symbol, †written letter, (written) mark, sign, symbol, [ᴹQ.] diacritic, [Q.] †written letter” ✧ PE17/043; PE17/043; PE22/149
• S. taith “sign, symbol, mark, sign, symbol; mark, [N.] stroke; [G.] letter” ✧ PE17/043

Elements

Word	Gloss
TEK	“make a written mark, sign, write, make a written mark, sign, write, [ᴹ√] write or draw (signs or letters)”
-ta	“noun suffix, single product of an action”

Variations

• tek-tā ✧ PE17/043
• tekda ✧ PE22/149

teith

noun. mark

andeith

noun. long-mark, sign used in writing alphabetic tengwar over a vowel, to indicate that it is lengthened.

gammas

noun. s-sign (special sign used to mark a final -s in Tengwar)