Quenya
tehta
mark, sign
Sindarin
teith
noun. a sign
taith
noun. mark
taith
noun. a sign
andaith
noun. long-mark, sign used in writing alphabetic tengwar over a vowel, to indicate that it is lengthened.
glandagol
noun. boundary mark
taith
mark
(noun) taith (i daith, o thaith), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thaith). Archaic teith.
taith
mark
(i daith, o thaith), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thaith). Archaic teith.
Noldorin
teith
noun. mark
teith
noun. mark, stroke
Cognates
- ᴹQ. tehta “mark (in writing), sign, diacritic” ✧ Ety/TEK
Derivations
Element in
- N. andeith “long-mark” ✧ Ety/TEK
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. tektha > teith [texθa] > [teiθa] > [teiθ] ✧ Ety/TEK
andeith
noun. long-mark, sign used in writing alphabetic tengwar over a vowel, to indicate that it is lengthened.
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Old Noldorin
tektha
noun. mark
Derivations
- ᴹ√TEK “write or draw (signs or letters), make a mark” ✧ Ety/TEK
Derivatives
- N. teith “mark, stroke” ✧ Ety/TEK
Element in
- On. andatektha “long-mark” ✧ Ety/TEK
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√TEK > tektha [tekta] > [tektʰa] > [texθa] ✧ Ety/TEK
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.