Early Quenya
tanta
noun. number
tantl
noun. shuttle
tanta(ra)
adjective. bouncing, resilient
tanta-
verb. to dance (tr.), dandle, wave
tanta-
verb. to bounce, bound, rebound
tantare
noun. dance
lalta
noun. dance
lilt
noun. dance
lilt-
verb. to dance
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A noun appearing as ᴱQ. tantl “shuttle” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√TṆTṆ with derivatives having to do with “bouncing” (QL/93).
Neo-Quenya: I adapt this early root as ᴺ√TANTA “bounce”, and as would therefore update the Early Qenya word to ᴺQ. tantal “shuttle”. This does conflict somewhat with late 1960s tant(il)a “harp”, but I prefer 1930s ᴹQ. nande for “harp” words.