talt

adjective. slipping, falling, insecure

talt

adjective. slipping, falling, insecure

*tlāta

adjective. sloping

ON. sloping

atland

adjective. sloping, tilted

dad

adverb. down, downwards

dad

adverb. down

pôd

noun. animal's foot

talad

noun. an incline, slope

tlaud

adjective. sloping

sloping

tlaud

adjective. sloping

tâl

noun. foot

tāl

noun. foot

talat-

verb. slip (down), collapse, fall in ruin

taltā

adjective. tottering, unsteady

taltas-

verb. begin to slip down

taltas-

verb. begin to slip down

pendā

adjective. sloping

talta-

slip, slide down, collapse, slope

talta- vb. "slip, slide down, collapse, slope" (TALÁT); reduplicated stem in the participle talta-taltala in Markirya, simply translated "falling" in MC:215. Strong intransitive conjugation: present talta, aorist talt- [derived from talati > talti, hence presumably *talti*- with endings and taltë without any], past talantë, perfect ataltië. Weak transitive conjugation: present taltëa, aorist talta, past taltanë**. This is said to be the conjugation type of a certain class of verbs, namely "√TALAT stems" (PE17:186).

talat-

slipping, sliding, falling down

talat- vb. a stem used for "slipping, sliding, falling down" (Letters:347), cf. atalta-, talta- and talantië

talta

sloping, tilted, leaning

talta adj. "sloping, tilted, leaning"; also "incline" as noun (TALÁT)

taltil

toe

taltil (taltill-, pl. taltilli given) noun "toe" (VT47:10)

taltol

big toe

taltol noun "big toe" (VT47:10); also tolbo

talta

adjective. tottering, unsteady, tottering, unsteady, [ᴱQ.] shaky, wobbling; [ᴹQ.] sloping, tilted, leaning, inclined, [ᴱQ.] slanting

talta-

verb. to slip, slide down, fall, to slip, slide down, collapse, fall, [ᴹQ.] slip down, slope

taltol

noun. big toe

talta

adjective. inclined

inclined

talta-

verb. slip, fall

taltea

adjective. insecure

taltil

noun. toe, *(lit.) foot-tip

A word for “toe” in notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from the late 1960s, a combination of tál and tillë “tip” (VT47/10).

tál

noun. foot, foot; [ᴹQ.] bottom, [ᴱQ.] lowest part

The Quenya word for “foot” derived from the root √TAL of similar meaning (PE19/103; VT49/17; Ety/TAL). Given its Sindarin cognate S. tâl (not ✱✱taul) its ancient stem form must have had a short vowel, with the long vowel in the uninflected form the result of the subjective noun case which lengthened the base vowel of monosyllables (PE21/76). Q. tál could also refer to the bottom of things (PE21/21, 76) analogous to English “foot of the mountain” and similar phrases.

Conceptual Development: The earliest iteration of this word was ᴱQ. tala “foot” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√TALA “support” (QL/88), a form also appearing in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/88). In the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s it became ᴱQ. tál with plural tăli indicating an ancient short vowel (PE14/43, 76). In the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s, ᴹQ. tāl had inflected forms with tal-, again indicating a short vowel in the stem (PE21/21), and likewise with the (1930s-style) genitive form talen in The Etymologies written around 1937 (Ety/TAL). Most of its later appearances also imply a short vowel in the stem, the main exception being the plural form táli in the 1950s version of the Nieninquë “poem”.

tolbo

noun. big toe; stump, stub; thumb

A word for the “big toe” in notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from the late 1960s, an elaboration of √TOL “stand up” (VT47/10). It was originally written as (deleted) taltolpe (VT47/27 note #37). It appeared beside similarly derived {tolpe >>} taltol “big toe” with an initial element of tál “foot”. It seems tolbo was a “play name”, while taltol was a more ordinary word.

Conceptual Development: In drafts of these notes, {tolpe >>} tolbo was used for “thumb”, along with an alternate meaning “a stump, stub (as of a truncated arm or branch)” (VT47/28 note #40). I would discard “thumb” as a possible meaning, but would retain “stump, stub” as a valid meaning for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

Irildë

idhril

Irildë fem. name "Idhril" (Idril) (LT2:343), #Írildë (J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator p. 193), Írildë also as name of a Númenorean woman (UT:210). Irildë Taltyelemna = (later) Sindarin Idril Celebrindal;replaced Irildë Taltelepsa (KYELEP/TELEP; Taltelemna in the Etymologies as printed in LR is an error for Taltyelemna, VT45:25). Tolkien seems to have replaced Irildë as the Quenya form of Idril with Itaril, Itarillë, Itarildë, q.v., in which case the Sindarin form is definitely Idril and not Idhril.

pirë

toe

pirë noun "toe", dual piru (PE16:96). Compare taltil.

lantë

falling

lantë (2) adj.? participle? "falling" (MC:214; this is "Qenya" - in Tolkien's later Quenya lantala)

nenda

sloping

[nenda] (2) adj. "sloping" (DEN, struck out)

pirë

noun. toe

A word for “toe” in notes associated with the version of the Nieninquë poem from the 1950s, appearing in its dual form piru as an element in the word Q. pirucendëa “on the point of her toes” (PE16/96).

tolbo

big toe

tolbo noun "big toe" (VT47:10), "a stump, stub (as of a truncated arm or branch)" (VT47:28). Since it is elsewhere implied that the commonest form of Quenya shows lv for lb, the form *tolvo may also be usual. Compare tolmo.

undu

down, under, beneath

undu adv. (and prep.?) "down, under, beneath" (UNU, VT46:20); prefixundu- "down", in undulávë "down-licked" = covered. (Nam)

undu

down

talta-

verb. to slip (down), collapse, fall in ruin

talt

falling

(adj.) talt (lenited dalt, pl. ?telt) (slipping, insecure)

talt

slipping

(adj.) talt (lenited dalt, pl. ?telt) (falling, insecure)

talt

insecure

(adj.) talt (lenited dalt, pl. ?telt) (falling, slipping)

talt

falling

(lenited dalt, pl. ?telt) (slipping, insecure)

talt

slipping

(lenited dalt, pl. ?telt) (falling, insecure)

talt

insecure

(lenited dalt, pl. ?telt) (falling, slipping)

taltha-

verb. to slip (down), collapse, fall in ruin

adlann

adjective. sloping, tilted

adlod

sloping

(adj.) *adlod (tilted), pl. adloen. This is a suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” aclod (VT46:17)

adlod

sloping

(tilted), pl. adloen. This is a suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” aclod (VT46:17) 

ambenn

sloping upward

(uphill), pl. embinn

dad

downward

;

dadbenn

sloping down

(downhill, inclined, prone [to do]), lenited dhadbenn, pl. dedbinn.

dadbenn

inclined

(adj.) dadbenn (downhill, sloping down, prone [to do]), lenited dhadbenn, pl. dedbinn

dadbenn

inclined

(downhill, sloping down, prone [to do]), lenited dhadbenn, pl. dedbinn

dadbenn

downhill, sloping down

(inclined, prone [to do]), lenited dhadbenn, pl. dedbinn;

dannad

noun. falling

penna

slant down

(i benna, i phennar)

pôd

foot

(of animal) pôd (i bôd, o phôd, construct pod), pl. pŷd (i phŷd).

pôd

foot

(i bôd, o phôd, construct pod), pl. p**ŷd (i ph**ŷd).

talad

incline

(noun) talad (i dalad, o thalad) (slope), pl. telaid (i thelaid)

talad

incline

(i dalad, o thalad) (slope), pl. telaid (i thelaid)

telluin

sole of the foot

(i delluin, o thelluin), pl. tellyn (i thellyn). *Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” telloein, tellen (LR:384 s.v. *

tent

noun. toe

torn

down

(noun) *torn (i dorn, o thorn), pl. tyrn (i thyrn). Only the pl. tyrn is attested, as part of the name Tyrn Gorthad ”Barrow-downs”.

torn

down

(i dorn, o thorn), pl. tyrn (i thyrn). Only the pl. tyrn is attested, as part of the name Tyrn Gorthad ”Barrow-downs”. 

tâl

foot

(body-part and unit of measure) tâl (i dâl [LR:298], o thâl), also -dal in compounds; pl. tail (i thail). In LR:390 s.v.

tâl

foot

(i dâl [LR:298], o thâl), also -dal in compounds; pl. tail (i thail). In LR:390 s.v.