Quenya 

tinta-

kindle, cause to sparkle

tinta- vb. "kindle, cause to sparkle", cf. Tintallë (TIN, SA:tin, MR:388)

tinta-

verb. to kindle, cause to spark, to kindle, cause to spark, [ᴹQ.] make to spark

A word for “to kindle, cause to spark” (MR/388; PE17/69), a causative verb form based on the root √TIN (PE17/22, 69). Its most notable use is in the name Tintallë “(Star) Kindler” for Varda.

Conceptual Development: ᴹQ. tinta- “to kindle, make to spark” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the same derivation (Ety/TIN), and the verb’s introduction probably coincided with Tolkien’s invention of Varda’s sobriquet.

Neo-Quenya: For purpose of Neo-Quenya, I’d limit this verb’s use to “kindle” = “make a spark”. For “kindle” = “set on fire” I’d instead use [ᴹQ.] narta-.

Derivations

  • TIN “sparkle, spark, sparkle, spark, [ᴱ√] twinkle, [ᴹ√] emit slender (silver pale) beams” ✧ PE17/022; SA/tin

Element in

  • Q. Tintallë “(Star) Kindler” ✧ MR/388; PE17/022; PE17/069; PE17/069; PE17/069; PE17/069; SA/tin

Elements

WordGloss
tin-“to spark, glitter, to spark, glitter, [ᴹQ.] glint, [ᴱQ.] gleam, shine as a star”
-ta“causative verb suffix”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
TIN > tinta-[tinta-]✧ PE17/022
tin- > tinta[tinta-]✧ SA/tin

Variations

  • tinta ✧ MR/388; MR/471; SA/tin
Quenya [MR/388; MR/471; PE17/022; PE17/069; SA/tin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Tintallë

kindler

Tintallë noun "Kindler", a title of Varda who kindled the stars (TIN, Nam, RGEO:67). From tinta- "kindle, make to sparkle" (MR:388). According to PE17:69, the form "should be Tintalde", apparently because -llë was at the time the ending for plural "you" and Tintallë could be taken as meaning *"you kindle" rather than as a noun "Kindler". However, Tolkien later changed the pronominal suffix, eliminating the clash of forms while leaving Tintallë correct (after the revision, it was *tintaldë itself that would be the verb "you kindle").

Tintanië

kindler

Tintanië noun "Kindler" = Varda (TIN; Tintánië under TAN, which according to VT46:17 Tolkien interpreted both as "Star-maker" and "Star-making")

narta-

kindle

narta- vb. "kindle" (VT45:37)

tunda-

kindle

tunda- vb. "kindle" (LT1:270; rather tinta- or narta- in Tolkien's later Quenya)

calta-

verb. to kindle, to kindle, [ᴹQ.] (cause to) shine, light up, [ᴱQ.] set light to

This causative verb meaning “kindle, cause to shine” was based on the root √KAL “light; shine” and had a lengthy history in Tolkien’s Elvish languages. ᴱQ. kalta- “kindle, set light to” first appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√KALA “shine golden” (QL/44), but in The Etymologies of the 1930s ᴹQ. kalta- was only glossed “shine” (Ety/KAL). However in the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s kaltā́ was given as an example of causative verbs and glossed “cause to shine, light up, or kindle (lamp etc.)” (PE22/114). In Common Eldarin: Verb Structure from the early 1950s (primitive) kalta- was glossed “cause to shine, kindle” (PE22/156). This verb also appeared in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969 as an element in the adjective Q. lacaltaima “not possible to be kindled”.

Derivations

  • kalta- “cause to shine, kindle”
    • KAL “light; shine, be bright, light; shine, be bright, [ᴱ√] shine golden” ✧ PE22/129

Element in

  • Q. lacaltaima “not possible to be kindled” ✧ PE22/156

Variations

  • kalta- ✧ PE22/156

turu-

kindle

turu- (2) vb. "kindle" (a "Qenya" form from LT1:270; rather narta- or tinta- in LotR-style Quenya)

-ldë

kindler

-ldë (2) feminine agental suffix. Tolkien at one point commented that Vardas title Tintallë "Kindler" should be Tintaldë because the ending -llë was rather the suffix for plural "you" (PE17:69). Since this pronominal suffix -llë was later revised to -ldë, it is now the ending of Tintaldë itself that would be potentially problematic.

-llë

one of several suffixes indicating feminine agent

-llë (1) "one of several suffixes indicating feminine agent", as in Tintallë "kindler" vs. the verb tinta- "to kindle". In the source _(PE17:69) _Tolkien noted that -llë was little used because of the clash with the pronominal ending -llë (see #2 below), but the latter ending was later revised.

Sindarin 

toniel

noun. kindler

Sindarin [Gilthoniel LotR/II:I, LotR/IV:X, RGEO/72-74] Group: SINDICT. Published by

liltha-

verb. to dance

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LILT “dance”
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nartha

kindle

nartha- (i nartha, in narthar) (VT45:37)

thoniel

kindler

(feminine) #thoniel (pl. thonil). Isolated from Vardas title Gilthoniel, Star-kindler.

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Adûnaic

nitir- Reconstructed

verb. to kindle

A verb attested only as an agental-formation in the names Gimilnitîr “Star-kindler” and gimlu-nitîr “kindler of a (particular) star” (SD/428). Thorsten Renk suggested (NBA/32) the base verb is nitir-, and this seems to me to be the likeliest possibility. Andreas Moehn instead suggested (EotAL/NIT’Y) that the verb stem may be nit-, and that the -îr is some kind of feminine agental suffix.

Element in

Noldorin 

nartha-

verb. to kindle

Noldorin [VT/45:37] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nartha-

verb. to kindle, to kindle, *ignite, inflame, set fire to

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s for “kindle” given in the Noldorin infinitive form nartho and derived from the root ᴹ√NARTA of the same meaning (EtyAC/NARTA). This root is probably just a causative verb formation from ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire”, and thus more literally “✱make fire”. Hence I think this verb can be used in the general sense of “✱ignite, inflame, set fire to”, etc.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. narta- “to kindle, to kindle, *ignite, inflame, set fire to” ✧ EtyAC/NARTA

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NARTA “kindle” ✧ EtyAC/NARTA
    • ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NARTA > nartho[narta-] > [nartʰa-] > [narθa-]✧ EtyAC/NARTA
Noldorin [EtyAC/NARTA] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

tinta-

verb. to kindle, make to spark

Derivations

  • ᴹ√TIN “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” ✧ Ety/TIN

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Tintalle “Kindler” ✧ Ety/TIN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√TIN > tinta-[tinta-]✧ Ety/TIN

lilta-

verb. to dance

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LILT “dance” ✧ Ety/LILT

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LILT > lilta-[lilta-]✧ Ety/LILT

narta-

verb. to kindle, to kindle, *ignite, inflame, set fire to

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s for “kindle” derived from the root ᴹ√NARTA of the same meaning (EtyAC/NARTA). This root is probably just a causative verb formation from ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire”, more literally “✱make fire”. Hence I think this verb can be used in the general sense of “✱ignite, inflame, set fire to”, etc.

Cognates

  • N. nartha- “to kindle, to kindle, *ignite, inflame, set fire to” ✧ EtyAC/NARTA

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NARTA “kindle” ✧ EtyAC/NARTA
    • ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire”

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NARTA > narta[narta-]✧ EtyAC/NARTA

Variations

  • narta ✧ EtyAC/NARTA
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Gnomish

tinta-

verb. to dance

Cognates

  • Eq. tanta- “to dance (tr.), dandle, wave”

Derivations

Variations

  • tinta ✧ GL/69
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galtha-

verb. to kindle

A verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as {galta- >>} galtha- “kindle”, apparently a transitive or causative variant of G. gal- “shine (golden)” (GL/37).

Changes

  • galta-galtha- ✧ GL/37

Variations

  • galta- ✧ GL/37 (galta-)

laltha-

verb. to dance

Cognates

Derivations

Early Primitive Elvish

lḷt-

verb. to dance

Derivations

Derivatives

  • Eq. lilt- “to dance” ✧ PE14/058
  • G. laltha- “to dance”

Variations

  • lḷt ✧ PE14/058
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Early Quenya

tunda-

verb. to kindle

A verb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “kindle” with variants tunda- and turu- (the latter marked † as archaic), appearing under the early root ᴱ√TUŘU [TUÐU] of the same meaning (QL/96).

Cognates

  • G. tusta- “to inflame, kindle, set light to, burn (tr.)”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TUÐU “kindle” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/096

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TUŘU > tunda-[tunða-] > [tunda-]✧ QL/096

Variations

  • turu- ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/096 (turu-)
Early Quenya [LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lilt-

verb. to dance

Cognates

Derivations

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶lḷt > lalsie[lḹtie] > [laltie] > [laltsie] > [lalsie]✧ PE14/058
ᴱ✶lḷt > laltye[lḹtje] > [laltje]✧ PE14/058
ᴱ✶lḷt > lilte[lḷt-] > [lilt-]✧ PE14/058
ᴱ√LḶTḶ > lilt-[lḷt-] > [lilt-]✧ QL/055
Early Quenya [PE14/058; PE15/71; QL/055] Group: Eldamo. Published by

turu-

verb. to kindle