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Early Quenya

tea

noun. sky

tea

adjective. straight

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TEHE “‽pull” ✧ QL/090

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TEHE > tea[texā] > [texa] > [teɣa] > [tea]✧ QL/090

Variations

  • tea ✧ QL/090
Early Quenya [QL/090] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tyé

noun. tea

A word for “tea” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, clearly a loan word from some mortal language, though the path of transmission isn’t clear (QL/49). European words for “tea” are generally based on either Mandarin ch’a via Portuguese or Amoy t’e (a Chinese dialect) via Dutch, becoming in English “chai” or “tea” respectively.

Early Quenya [QL/049] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taime

noun. sky

A word for “the sky” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, with variants Taime and Taimie from the early root ᴱ√TAHA [DAHA] (QL/87). ᴱQ. tea “sky” from Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s is probably related, as suggested by Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson (PE16/142).

Cognates

  • G. dai “sky” ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
  • G. daimoth “heaven” ✧ LT1A/Telimektar

Derivations

  • ᴱ√DAHA “*high” ✧ LT1A/Telimektar; QL/087

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TAHA > Taime[taximē] > [taxime] > [taɣime] > [taime]✧ QL/087

Variations

  • Taimë ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
  • Taimië ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
  • tea ✧ PE16/142
  • Taime ✧ QL/088
  • Taimie ✧ QL/088
Early Quenya [LT1A/Telimektar; PE16/142; QL/088] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tína

adjective. straight

Cognates

  • En. tain “straight” ✧ PE13/153; PE13/165

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶tegna “straight” ✧ PE13/153; PE13/165
    • ᴱ√TEHE “‽pull”
  • ᴱ√TEHE “‽pull” ✧ QL/090

Variations

  • taina ✧ QL/090
Early Quenya [PE13/153; PE13/165; QL/090] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taimie

noun. sky

kie

noun. path