tindë noun "glint" (TIN)
Quenya
tin-
glint, spark, glitter
tindë
glint
wintil
glint
wintil noun "glint" (LT1:261)
Sindarin
tinna
glint
(vb.) *tinna- (cited as a ”Noldorin” infinitive tinno) (i dinna, i thinnar). Noun
tinna
glint
(cited as a ”Noldorin” infinitive tinno) (i dinna, i thinnar). Noun
gîl
silver glint
(i ngîl = i ñîl, o n’gîl = o ñgîl, construct gil) (star, bright spark), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gîl = i ñgîl), coll. pl. *giliath (RGEO, MR:388)*
Noldorin
tinna-
verb. to glint
tinna-
verb. to glint
Cognates
- ᴹQ. tin- “to glint” ✧ Ety/TIN
Derivations
- ᴹ√TIN “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” ✧ Ety/TIN
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√TIN > tinno [tinta-] > [tintʰa-] > [tinθa-] > [tinna-] ✧ Ety/TIN
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Qenya
tin-
verb. to glint
Cognates
- N. tinna- “to glint” ✧ Ety/TIN
Derivations
- ᴹ√TIN “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” ✧ Ety/TIN
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√TIN > tine [tin-] ✧ Ety/TIN
tinde
noun. glint
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “a glint” derived from the root ᴹ√TIN “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” (Ety/TIN).
Derivations
- ᴹ√TIN “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” ✧ Ety/TIN
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√TIN > tinde [tinde] ✧ Ety/TIN
tin- vb. "glint, spark, glitter" (3rd pers. aorist tinë "it glints") (TIN, PE17:69)