tenna

preposition. until

Element in

• ᴹQ. Sinome nimaruva, yo hildinyar tenn’ Ambar-metta “Here will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world” ✧ SD/056; SD/056

tenna

noun. a letter

Derivations

• ᴹ✶tekna “a letter” ✧ PE19/043
  • ᴹ√TEK “write or draw (signs or letters), make a mark” ✧ PE19/043

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶tekna > teñna	[tekna] > [tegna] > [teŋna] > [tenna]	✧ PE19/043

Variations

• teñna ✧ PE19/043

mennai

conjunction. until

Element in

• ᴹQ. mennai Orome tanna lende i erenekkoitanie “until Orome came hither that he might awake them” ✧ VT27/07

let

noun. finger

lepse

noun. finger

Cognates

• N. lhebed “finger” ✧ Ety/LEP

Derivations

• ᴹ√LEPET “finger” ✧ Ety/LEP
• ᴹ✶lepti ✧ EtyAC/LEP; PE19/042
  • ᴹ√LEPET “finger” ✧ Ety/LEP
  • ᴹ√LEP “*finger” ✧ PE19/042

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√LEPET > lepse	[lepti] > [lepte] > [lepse]	✧ Ety/LEP
ᴹ✶lepti > lepse	[lepti] > [lepte] > [lepse]	✧ EtyAC/LEP
ᴹ✶lepta > lehta	[lepta] > [lexta]	✧ PE19/042
ᴹ✶lepta > lepsa	[lepta] > [lepsa]	✧ PE19/042

Variations

• lehta ✧ PE19/042 (lehta)
• lepsa ✧ PE19/042 (lepsa)