Quenya 

tenna

until, up to, as far as

tenna prep. "until, up to, as far as" (CO), "unto" (VT44:35-36), "to the point", "right up to a point" (of time/place), "until", "to the object, up to, to (reach), as far as" (VT49:22, 23, 24, PE17:187), elided tenn' in the phrase tenn' Ambar-metta "unto the ending of the world" in EO, because the next word begins in a similar vowel; cf. tennoio "for ever" (tenna + oio, q.v.) The unelided form appears in PE17:105: Tenna Ambar-metta.

tenna

preposition. until, up to, as far as, to the point, to reach

Cognates

  • ᴺS. naden “until, up to, as far as”

Derivations

  • TEN “direction; point (toward); end (in sense of point aimed at)” ✧ PE17/187; VT49/23; VT49/24; VT49/24

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
TEN > tenna[tenna]✧ PE17/187
ten- > tenna[tenna]✧ VT49/23
ten > tenna[tenna]✧ VT49/24
ten > tenna[tenna]✧ VT49/24

Variations

  • tenna ✧ PE17/103; PE17/103; PE17/187; UT/317; VT44/35 (tenna); VT49/23 (tenna); VT49/24; VT49/24
  • Tenna ✧ PE17/105
Quenya [LotR/0967; NM/239; PE17/103; PE17/105; PE17/187; PE22/147; UT/317; VT44/35; VT44/36; VT49/23; VT49/24] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mennai

until

mennai prep. "until" (VT14:5; in Tolkien's later Quenya rather tenna)

Sindarin 

aden

preposition. until

Derivations

  • TEN “direction; point (toward); end (in sense of point aimed at)”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

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