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

  • 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

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
tek-tā > tehta[tektā] > [textā] > [texta]✧ PE17/043
tekda > tekta[tekda] > [tekta] > [texta]✧ PE22/149

Variations

  • tekta ✧ PE22/149 (tekta)
Quenya [LotR/1118; LotR/1121; PE17/043; PE17/122; PE22/149; VT39/08; VT39/17] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tengwa

noun. sign

sign, indicator, letter

Quenya [PE 19:97] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

taina

sign

#taina (2) noun "sign", isolated from Tainacolli *"Sign-bearer" MR:385

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)

Sindarin 

taen

noun. sign

Sindarin [Taengyl, Tengyl MR/385] Group: SINDICT. Published by

taith

noun. sign, symbol, mark, sign, symbol; mark, [N.] stroke; [G.] letter

Cognates

  • Q. tehta “(written) mark, sign, symbol, †written letter, (written) mark, sign, symbol, [ᴹQ.] diacritic, [Q.] †written letter” ✧ PE17/043

Derivations

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

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
tek-tā > teith > taith[tektā] > [tekta] > [tektʰa] > [texθa] > [teiθa] > [teiθ] > [taiθ]✧ PE17/043
Sindarin [PE17/043] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tann

sign

1) (etymologically ”something shown/indicated”) tann (i dann), construct tan, pl. tain (i thain) (MR:185); 2) têw (i dêw, o thêw, construct tew) (letter, tengwa), pl. tîw (i **thîw), coll. pl. téwath**;

tann

sign

(i dann), construct tan, pl. tain (i thain)** **(MR:185)

têw

sign

(i dêw, o thêw, construct tew) (letter, tengwa), pl. tîw (i thîw), coll. pl. téwath

Primitive elvish

tekta

verb. drew, wrote

Derivations

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

Derivatives

  • S. teitha- “to write, draw, inscribe, make marks or signs” ✧ PE17/043; PE17/043

Variations

  • tekta- ✧ PE17/043
Primitive elvish [PE17/043] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tektā

noun. sign, symbol, mark

Derivations

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

Derivatives

  • Q. tehta “(written) mark, sign, symbol, †written letter, (written) mark, sign, symbol, [ᴹQ.] diacritic, [Q.] †written letter” ✧ PE17/043; PE17/043; PE22/149
  • S. taith “sign, symbol, mark, sign, symbol; mark, [N.] stroke; [G.] letter” ✧ PE17/043

Elements

WordGloss
TEK“make a written mark, sign, write, make a written mark, sign, write, [ᴹ√] write or draw (signs or letters)”
-ta“noun suffix, single product of an action”

Variations

  • tek-tā ✧ PE17/043
  • tekda ✧ PE22/149
Primitive elvish [PE17/043; PE22/149] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

gammas

noun. s-sign (special sign used to mark a final -s in Tengwar)

Noldorin [VT/45:14] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Middle Primitive Elvish

ndar

root. sign

A rejected root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with a single derivative: ᴹQ. narwe “sign, token”, along with an unglossed (and probably incomplete) form nar... (EtyAC/NDAR).

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. narwe “sign, token” ✧ EtyAC/NDAR
Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/NDAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by