tenna

noun. thought

thought, notion, idea

enne

noun. thought, purpose

sanwe

noun. thinking, thought

tenna

noun. thought, notion, idea

Variations

• tenna ✧ PE19/097

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

sanwë

noun. thought, an act of thinking

Variations

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

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

sanwë

thought, an act of thinking

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

tengwa

noun. sign

sign, indicator, letter

tengwë

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

Variations

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

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. 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

Inflections

Word	Form	Gloss	Source
tengwi	plural	“signs”	✧ VT39/04; VT39/05; VT39/08; WJ/394; WJ/395
teñgwi	plural	-	✧ VT39/16; VT39/16

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

Variations

• sāma ✧ PE17/183; VT41/05

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

Inflections

Word	Form	Gloss	Source
samat	dual	-	✧ PE17/183; VT41/05
sámar	plural	“minds”	✧ VT39/23

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.

ind

mind

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

nauth

thought

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

sanath

85#3D noun. thinking, thought

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

ist

knowledge

ist (lore); no distinct pl. form.

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**;

inis

root. inmost heart, thought, mind

nauth

noun. thought

nauth

noun. thought

Variations

• nauth- ✧ EtyAC/NOWO

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

ûn

noun. idea, thought

Variations

• ûn ✧ EtyAC/ÑŌ¹ (ûn)

Derivations

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

Cognates

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

Phonetic Developments

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

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

Derivations

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

Cognates

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

Phonetic Developments

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

Inflections

Word	Form	Gloss	Source
nui	plural	-	✧ Ety/NOWO

naw

noun. idea