tehta

mark, sign

tehta noun "mark, sign" (TEK, VT39:17, Appendix E), especially diacritics denoting vowels in Fëanorian writing (pl. tehtar is attested); these diacritics are explicitly called ómatehtar "vowel-marks", q.v.

tehta

noun. (written) mark, sign, symbol, †written letter, (written) mark, sign, symbol, [ᴹQ.] diacritic, [Q.] †written letter

Cognates

• S. taith “sign, symbol, mark, sign, symbol; mark, [N.] stroke; [G.] letter” ✧ PE17/043

Derivations

• ✶tektā “sign, symbol, mark” ✧ PE17/043; PE17/043; PE22/149
  • √TEK “make a written mark, sign, write, make a written mark, sign, write, [ᴹ√] write or draw (signs or letters)” ✧ PE22/149

Element in

• Q. andatehta “long-mark”
• Q. ómatehta “vowel-sign”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶tek-tā > tehta	[tektā] > [textā] > [texta]	✧ PE17/043
✶tekda > tekta	[tekda] > [tekta] > [texta]	✧ PE22/149

Variations

• tekta ✧ PE22/149 (tekta)

andatehta

long-mark

andatehta noun "long-mark" (TEK, PE17:123), indicated to be an accent-like symbol ´ used to mark long vowels (VT46:17). Compare anda, tehta.

andatehta

noun. long-mark

Cognates

• S. andaith “long-mark” ✧ PE17/123

Elements

Word	Gloss
anda	“long, far”
tehta	“(written) mark, sign, symbol, †written letter, (written) mark, sign, symbol, [ᴹQ.] diacritic, [Q.] †written letter”

tië

path, course, line, direction, way

tië noun "path, course, line, direction, way" (TE3, VT47:11); pl. tier in Namárië(Nam, RGEO:67); tielyanna "upon your path" (UT:22 cf. 51; tie-lya-nna "path-your-upon")

tier

path

tier is, besides the pl. form of tië "path" above, an ephemeral word for "so", abandoned by Tolkien in favour of tambë (VT43:17)

londa

path

[londa noun "path"], changed by Tolkien to londë noun "road (in sea)" (VT45:28)