til

proper name. Til

A star name in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa from the 1910s derived from the root ᴱ√TILI (QL/92; PME/92).

til

noun. (single) hair

tilkal

proper name. Tilkal

Name of a magical metal created by Aule in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/100), a combination of the initial letters of the names of the metals: tambe “copper”, ilsa “silver”, latúken “tin”, kanu “lead”, anga “iron”, and laure “gold”.

tilinya

adjective. downy, hairy

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “downy, hairy”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. til (tiln-) “single hair” (QL/92).

tilio

proper name. Sirius

A name for Sirius in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa from the 1910s derived from the root ᴱ√TILI (QL/92; PME/92).

tilta

adjective. slanting

An adjective in the Early Noldorin Dictionary of the 1920s glossed “slanting”, derived from primitive ᴱ✶tḷtā́ (PE13/165). In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s it appeared as ᴱQ. tiltin “slanting” as a derivative of ᴱ√TḶTḶ (QL/80).

tilde

noun. point, tip, peak

tildi-

verb. to cover

tille

noun. eyelash

tilt-

verb. to make slope, incline (tr.), decline, shake at foundations, make totter

A verb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “make slope, incline (tr.), decline, shake at foundations, make totter, etc.” derived from the root ᴱ√TḶTḶ (QL/80). Its past tense form talte is the result of differing phonetic developments for long ḹ vs. short ḷ in Early Qenya.

tiltin

adjective. slanting

tilu-

verb. to shine (blue)

tilwe

noun. glimmer

tilwin

noun. shining light, bright light

tilwínea

adjective. shining

tila

noun. (single) hair

tile

noun. single hair

tilwindea

adjective. shining

túpele

noun. roofing, tiles, roof

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. túpele “roofing, tiles, roof” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of ᴱQ. tupu- “to roof, cover” under the early root ᴱ√TUPU (QL/95).

Neo-Quenya: Since √TUP “cover” survives in Tolkien’s later writings, for purposes of Neo-Quenya I would retain ᴺQ. túpelë with the sense “roofing, tiles”, but for “roof” I would use the later word ᴹQ. tópa.

telar

noun. brick, tile

telelle

proper name. little elf

teler

proper name. little elf

eldarin

adjective. Elfin

eldarinwa

adjective. Elfin

milnar(wa)

noun. sown field

taru

noun. horn

tarukka

adjective. horned

A word for “horned” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. taru “horn” (QL/57, 89). It was also mentioned in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/57).

telella

adjective. elfin

telerea

adjective. elfin

telko

noun. stem

tinda

noun. spike

tump-

verb. to cover