#taina (2) noun "sign", isolated from Tainacolli *"Sign-bearer" MR:385
Quenya
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
Element in
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)
tengwa
noun. sign
taina
sign
tanna
sign, token
tanna (1) noun "sign, token" (MR:385, PE17:186), also tanwa (PE17:186)
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)
narwë
sign, token
[narwë (and short nar, unless this is an incomplete form) noun "sign, token"] (VT45:37)
sign, indicator, letter