tenna

noun. thought

thought, notion, idea

enne

noun. thought, purpose

sanwe

noun. thinking, thought

tenna

noun. thought, notion, idea

Derivations

• √TEÑ “indicate, signify, show, represent, betoken, mark, to point at, indicate, signify, show, represent, betoken, mark, to point at; [ᴱ√] know, understand” ✧ PE19/097

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√TEÑ > tenna	[teŋna] > [tenna]	✧ PE19/097

Variations

• tenna ✧ PE19/097

sanwë

thought, an act of thinking

sanwë noun "thought, an act of thinking" (VT39:23, 30; VT41:5, 13, PE17:183)

sanwë

noun. thought, an act of thinking

Derivations

• ✶sam-wē “an act of thinking, a thought” ✧ PE17/183; VT41/05
  • √SAM “mind, think, reflect, be aware” ✧ PE17/183; VT41/05
• √SAN “think, use mind; (trans.) ponder, consider in thought” ✧ PE22/158

Element in

• Q. ósanwë “communication of thought, interchange of thought; (lit.) thinking together (dual)” ✧ PE17/183; PE22/158; VT41/05
• Q. sanwecenda “thought-inspection, thought-reading” ✧ PE17/183; VT41/05
• Q. sanwë-latya “thought-opening” ✧ VT39/23
• ᴺQ. sanwelunga “serious, (lit.) thought-heavy”
• Q. sanwementa “thought-sending, mental message” ✧ PE17/183; VT41/05
• Q. yosanwë “(pl.) congruence” ✧ PE22/158

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶sam-wē > sanwe	[samwē] > [sanwē] > [sanwe]	✧ PE17/183
√SAN > sanwe	[sanwe]	✧ PE22/158
✶sam-wē > sanwe	[samwē] > [sanwē] > [sanwe]	✧ VT41/05

Variations

• sanwe ✧ PE17/183; PE22/158; VT39/23; VT39/30; VT41/05; VT41/13

tengwa

noun. sign

sign, indicator, letter

tengwë

noun. sign, token, indication; writing, sign, token, indication; writing; [ᴱQ.] knowledge, understanding; idea, notion, thought

Derivations

• ✶tekmē “writing, grammar” ✧ PE19/086
  • √TEK “make a written mark, sign, write, make a written mark, sign, write, [ᴹ√] write or draw (signs or letters)” ✧ PE19/086
• ✶teñwe “sign, token, indication” ✧ VT39/04; VT39/17; WJ/394
  • √TEÑ “indicate, signify, show, represent, betoken, mark, to point at, indicate, signify, show, represent, betoken, mark, to point at; [ᴱ√] know, understand” ✧ VT39/04; VT39/15; WJ/394

Element in

• ᴺQ. calatengwë “photograph, (lit.) light-writing”
• Q. lambetengwë “consonant” ✧ VT39/16
• Q. náva-tengwë “consonant” ✧ VT39/08
• Q. pávatengwë “consonant” ✧ VT39/08
• ᴺQ. nwátengwë “irony, (lit.) disguise-token”
• Q. óma-tengwë “vowel-sign” ✧ VT39/08; VT39/16
• ᴺQ. tengwelanga “transcription”
• Q. tengwelë “language (general term), language (general term); [ᴱQ.] sense” ✧ VT39/16
• Q. tengwesta “grammar, morphology, system or code of signs, collection of matter concerning writing, *language structure” ✧ PE21/82; VT39/16; WJ/394

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶tekmē > tengwe	[tekmē] > [tegmē] > [teŋmē] > [teŋgwē] > [teŋgwe]	✧ PE19/086
✶teñgwe > tengwe	[teŋwe] > [teŋgwe]	✧ VT39/04
✶teñ-we > teñgwe	[teŋwe] > [teŋgwe]	✧ VT39/17
✶tenwe > tengwe	[teŋwe] > [teŋgwe]	✧ WJ/394

Variations

• tengwe ✧ PE19/086 (tengwe); VT39/04; VT39/05; VT39/07; WJ/394; WJ/396
• teñgwe ✧ PE21/82; VT39/16; VT39/17

ista

knowledge

ista (1) noun "knowledge" (IS). Also istya.

istare

noun. knowledge

istya

knowledge

istya noun "knowledge" (IS). Also ista (#1).

noa

conception

noa (1) noun "conception" (= idea) (NOWO)

nó

conception

nó (1) (stem nów- as in pl. nówi) noun "conception" (= idea) (NOWO). In an earlier version, later deleted, nó represented earlier ñó (ngó), glossed "idea, thought" (VT46:6).

narwë

sign, token

[narwë (and short nar, unless this is an incomplete form) noun "sign, token"] (VT45:37)

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)

issë

knowledge, lore

issë noun "knowledge, lore" (LT2:339; rather ista or istya in Tolkien's later Quenya)

taina

sign

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

Nolmë

knowledge, philosophy (including science)

Nolmë ("ñ")noun "knowledge, Philosophy (including Science)" (PM:360 cf. 344)

handë

knowledge, understanding, intelligence

handë noun "knowledge, understanding, intelligence" (KHAN). Note: *handë is (probably) also the past tense of the verb har- "sit".

síma

mind, imagination

síma noun "mind, imagination" (VT49:16); variant isima. Also attested with endings: símaryassen "in their imaginations" (with the ending -rya used = "their" rather than "his/her", according to colloquial useage) (VT49:16)

inca

idea

inca ("k")noun "idea" (VT45:18, where the word is cited with a final hyphen, though its gloss would indicate that it is a noun not a verb. Originally, the triple glosses "idea, notion, guess" were provided.)

sanar

mind

sanar noun "mind" (literally "thinker" or "reflector", suggesting an underlying verb #sana- "to think, to reflect") (VT41:13)

sáma

mind

sáma noun "mind" (pl. sámar and dual samat [sic, read *sámat?] are given) (VT39:23, VT41:5, VT49:33, PE17:183)

sáma

noun. mind

Derivations

• √SAM “mind, think, reflect, be aware” ✧ PE17/183; VT41/05

Element in

• ᴺQ. sámalórië “madness”
• ᴺQ. essámalë “agreement, (lit.) one-mindedness”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√SAM > sāma	[sāma]	✧ PE17/183
√sam > sāma	[sāma]	✧ VT41/05

Variations

• sāma ✧ PE17/183; VT41/05

gûl

noun. knowledge

n. knowledge, deep knowledge not 'occult' in modern sense, but applied to the deper knowledge of the 'wise' or skilled persons, not kept secret (as [?among the] Elves) but not attainable by all. Q. ñōle, B.S. gûl phantom, shadow of dark magic, necromancer, slave, servant?. The B.S. word gûl was prob. derived from ngōl-.

taen

noun. sign

inc

idea

1) inc (guess, notion), no distinct pl. form (though the pl. article in will mark the word as pl. when definite); coll. pl. ingath; 2) naw (pl. noe). In ”Noldorin”, the pl. form was nui. Coll. pl. ?nawath or ?noath.

inc

idea

(guess, notion), no distinct pl. form (though the pl. article in will mark the word as pl. when definite); coll. pl. ingath

ind

mind

ind (inner thought, meaning, heart), no distinct pl. form;, coll. pl. innath.

ind

mind

(inner thought, meaning, heart), no distinct pl. form;, coll. pl. innath.

naw

idea

(pl. noe). In ”Noldorin”, the pl. form was *nui***. Coll. pl. ?nawath or ?noath**.

nauth

thought

nauth (pl. noeth, coll. pl. nothath);

nauth

thought

(pl. noeth, coll. pl. nothath);

idhren

thoughtful

(pondering, wise), pl. idhrin;

idhor

thoughtfulness

. (Correction of idher in LR:361 s.v.

sanath

85#3D noun. thinking, thought

A theoretical noun arising from OS *sanattʰe (< SAN). Cp. girith, meleth, etc.

ista

have knowledge

(i ista, in istar), pa.t. sint or istas (VT45:18).

ist

knowledge

ist (lore); no distinct pl. form.

ist

knowledge

(lore); no distinct pl. form.

idhr

id

> idhor as the later forms.)

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

gûr

inner mind

(i ’ûr, construct gur) (heart), pl. guir (i nguir = i ñuir). Note: A homophone means ”death”, but has different mutations. (VT41:11)

inis

root. inmost heart, thought, mind

nauth

noun. thought

nauth

noun. thought

Derivations

• ᴹ√NOW “think, form idea, imagine” ✧ Ety/NOWO

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√NOWO > nauth	[nowtʰe] > [noutʰe] > [noutʰe] > [nouθe] > [nauθe] > [nauθ]	✧ Ety/NOWO

Variations

• nauth- ✧ EtyAC/NOWO

ûn

noun. idea, thought

Cognates

• ᴹQ. nó “conception, idea, thought” ✧ EtyAC/ÑŌ¹

Derivations

• ᴹ✶ñōn- “idea, thought” ✧ EtyAC/ÑŌ¹
  • ᴹ√NOW “think, form idea, imagine” ✧ EtyAC/ÑŌ¹

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶ñōn- > ûn	[ŋōne] > [ōne] > [ūne] > [ūn]	✧ EtyAC/ÑŌ¹

Variations

• ûn ✧ EtyAC/ÑŌ¹ (ûn)

ind

noun. inner thought, meaning, heart

inn

noun. inner thought, meaning, heart

ista-

verb. to have knowledge

gammas

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

naw

noun. idea

naw

noun. idea

Cognates

• ᴹQ. nó “conception, idea, thought” ✧ Ety/NOWO

Derivations

• ᴹ√NOW “think, form idea, imagine” ✧ Ety/NOWO

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√NOWO > naw	[nou] > [nou] > [nau]	✧ Ety/NOWO