grammar
Quenya
tengwesta
system or code of signs
tengwesta
noun. grammar
tengwesta
noun. grammar, morphology, system or code of signs, collection of matter concerning writing, *language structure
Element in
- Q. tengwestië “language [as a concept]” ✧ WJ/394
Elements
Word Gloss tengwë “sign, token, indication; writing, sign, token, indication; writing; [ᴱQ.] knowledge, understanding; idea, notion, thought” -sta “land, part, part; [ᴹQ.] close grouping, land” Variations
- teñgwesta ✧ PE17/138; PE21/82; VT39/15
- Tengwesta ✧ PE18/008; PE18/071
tengwestië
language
tengwestië noun "Language" as abstract or phenomenon (WJ:394)
tengwië
language
#tengwië noun "language" in the compound mátengwië "language of the hands" (VT47:9). Compare tengwë, tengwesta.
tengwelë
language
tengwelë noun "Language" (in all its aspects), a general word for the grouping and composing of tengwi (linguistic "signs", phonemes) into a linguistic system (VT39:16)
lambelë
language
lambelë noun "Language" (especially with reference to phonology), *"phonetics" (VT39:15)
tengwesta ("ñ")noun "a system or code of signs", "Language", referring particularly to structure, including morphology and grammar (VT39:15). As a technical term for "language", this includes languages not made up of sounds (WJ:394), but usually it means "spoken language" when unqualified (WJ:395). In the Etymologies, tengwesta is glossed "grammar" (TEK).