Quenya 

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)

tanna

sign, token

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

tanna

noun. sign, token

A noun for a “sign, token” in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957, based on the root √TAN “indicate, show” (PE17/186). The word tanna “sign” also appeared in notes from the late 1950s as an element in Tannacolli “Signifer”, and based on √tana “show, indicate” (MR/385 note #19).

Quenya [MR/385; MR/471; PE17/186] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taina

sign

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

tengwa

noun. sign

sign, indicator, letter

Quenya [PE 19:97] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

tanwa

noun. sign, token

narwë

sign, token

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

Primitive elvish

tanma

noun. sign, token

Primitive elvish [PE17/186] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

gammas

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

Noldorin [VT/45:14] Group: SINDICT. Published by

Sindarin 

taen

noun. sign

Sindarin [Taengyl, Tengyl MR/385] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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


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Qenya 

narwe

noun. sign, token

A rejected word for “sign, token” in The Etymologies of the 1930s based on the deleted root ᴹ√NDAR “sign” (EtyAC/NDAR).

Middle Primitive Elvish

ndar

root. sign

A rejected root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with a single derivative: ᴹQ. narwe “sign, token”, along with an unglossed (and probably incomplete) form nar... (EtyAC/NDAR).

Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/NDAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by