tawen

adjective. wood – as material

adj. wood – as material. Q. toina. >> taw

tawen

adjective. wood (of material), ?wooden (of make), wood (of material), wooden (of make)

A word in a list of “large & small” roots from around 1968, apparently an adjectival form of taw “wood as material” (PE17/115). Its gloss is unclear but may be “wood (of material)” or “wooden (of make)” as suggested by Christopher Gilson. It appeared beside a form tewin, either a plural or (less likely) a variant form.

Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s the form was N. tawaren “wooden” (pl. tewerin), an adjectival form of longer N. tawar (Ety/TÁWAR).

Cognates

• Q. toina “wood, wood, *wooden, made of wood” ✧ PE17/115

Derivations

• ✶tawinā “wood” ✧ PE17/115
  • √TAW “wood” ✧ PE17/115

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶tawĭnā > tawen	[tawinā] > [tawina] > [tawena] > [tawen]	✧ PE17/115
✶tawĭnā > tewin	[tawini] > [tewini] > [tewin]	✧ PE17/115

tewin

adjective. wood – as material

adj. wood – as material. This form could be the plural form of tawen. Q. toina. >> taw, tawen