tillë

tip, point

tillë (pl. tilli given) noun "tip, point", used with reference to fingers and toes (VT47:10, 26); compare ortil, nútil, q.v.

tillë

noun. tip, point; [within compounds] finger, toe, tip, point; [within compounds] finger, toe; [ᴱQ.] eyelash

Derivations

• √TIL “point, horn” ✧ VT47/26; VT47/28

Element in

• ✶niktil “little [finger]” ✧ VT47/26
• Q. amaltil “*mother finger”
• Q. antil “*middle finger” ✧ VT47/26
• Q. atartil “thumb [nursery rhymes]”
• Q. cantil “fourth finger” ✧ VT47/26
• Q. enestil “*middle finger” ✧ VT47/26
• Q. tastil “*index finger” ✧ VT47/26
• Q. toltil “thumb” ✧ VT47/26
• Q. nútil “under-point” ✧ VT47/10
• Q. ortil “up-point” ✧ VT47/10
• Q. seltil “daughter [finger name]”
• Q. taltil “toe, *(lit.) foot-tip” ✧ VT47/10
• Q. yontil “boy, son [finger name]”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√TIL > tille	[tille]	✧ VT47/26
√TIL > tilma	[tilma]	✧ VT47/28

Variations

• tille ✧ VT47/10; VT47/26
• tilma ✧ VT47/28
• tile ✧ VT47/28

tilma

noun. point

aicalë

peak

aicalë ("k")noun "a peak" (AYAK)

inga

top, highest point

inga (1) noun "top, highest point" (PM:340), "only applied to shapes pointing upwards...[it] referred primarily to position and could be used of tops relatively broad". Compounded in the nouns aldinga "tree-top" (alda + inga) (VT47:28), ingaran "high-king" (PM:340)

cendë

point

cendë noun "point" (PE16:96)

cendë

noun. point

Element in

• Q. pirucendëa “on the point of her toes” ✧ PE16/096

Variations

• cende ✧ PE16/096

mentë

point, end

mentë noun "point, end" (MET)

tolos

knob, lump

tolos noun "knob, lump" (LT1:269; this "Qenya" form would seem to be a precursor of Quenya tolma, q.v.)

ingëa

adjective. top

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Elements

Word	Gloss
inga	“top, highest point, top, highest point, [ᴹQ.] first”

til

point

n. point, ending. >> -il, niphredil

-il

point

suff. point, ending. >> niphredil, til

min

noun. peak

A word glossed “peak” appearing in the name S. Min-Rimmon “Peak of the Rimmon” from the Unfinished Index to The Lord of the Rings (RC/511). It is probably a derivative of √MIN.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. mintye “peak”

Derivations

• √MIN “one, first of a series, one, first of a series; [ᴹ√] stand alone, stick out”

Element in

• S. Min-Rimmon “Peak of the Rimmon” ✧ RC/511

Variations

• min ✧ RC/511

aeg

noun. point

The adjective oeg "sharp, pointed, piercing" from Ety/349 is perhaps rejected: Tolkien later decided that no cognate of Quenya aica "fell, terrible, dire" was used in Sindarin, "though aeg would have been its form if it had occurred" (PM/347). On the other hand, we have words such as aeglos and aeglir , so there must be a noun aeg "point"

penneth

noun. ridges, group of downs

pinnath

noun. ridges, group of downs

aeg

horn

(point, thorn). No distinct pl. form. (but aeglir can be used for a range of mountain peaks). Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". 2) mîn (i vîn), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîn), coll. pl. míniath. Note: homophones include the numeral ”one” and the adjective ”isolated, first, towering”. 3) egnas (sharp point; literally "thorn-point"), pl. egnais, coll. pl. egnassath.

caw

top

caw (i gaw, o chaw), pl. coe (i choe)

caw

top

(i gaw, o chaw), pl. coe (i choe)

till

sharp-pointed peak

(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds)  (tine, point, sharp horn), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild.  

till

point

till (i dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (spike, tine, sharp horn, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thill). Archaic †tild. 5)

till

point

(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (spike, tine, sharp horn, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild. 5)

ceber

stone ridge

(i geber, o cheber) (spike, stake), pl. cebir (i chebir). A lenited pl. form occurs in the name Sarn Gebir.

dolt

knob

(round knob) dolt (i dholt) (boss), pl. dylt (i nylt)

dolt

knob

(i dholt) (boss), pl. *dylt*** (i nylt**)

ment

point

(at the end of a thing) ment (i vent), pl. mint (i mint), coll. pl. mennath.

ment

point

(i vent), pl. mint (i mint), coll. pl. mennath**. **

pind

ridge

pind (i bind, o phind, construct pin), no distinct pl. form except with article (i phind), coll. pl. pinnath.

pind

ridge

(i bind, o phind, construct pin), no distinct pl. form except with article (i phind), coll. pl. pinnath.

aeg

point

1) aeg (peak, thorn). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". 2) naith (spearhead, gore, wedge, promontory); no distinct pl. form. 3) nass (sharp end, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais. 4)

aeg

point

(peak, thorn). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing".

naith

point

(spearhead, gore, wedge, promontory); no distinct pl. form.

nass

point

(sharp end, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais.

nasta

point

(verb) nasta- (i nasta, in nastar) (prick, stick, thrust)

nasta

point

(i nasta, in nastar) (prick, stick, thrust)

thela

spear point

(-thel), pl. ?thili, 3) aith; no distinct pl. form.

ecthel

spear point

(pl. ecthil), literally "thorn point”

rafn

extended point at the side

(wing, horn), pl. raifn (idh raifn).

snǣs

noun. spear-head, point, gore, triangle

Original form not entirely clear; the stem is SNAS/SNAT (LR:387), not defined but evidently to be understood as a strengthened form of NAS "point, sharp end" (LR:374). A primitive plural form natsai is mentioned under SNAS/SNAT; snǣs may derive from something like snatsâ via snats, *snas. The shift of original a to long ǣ (presumably the same vowel as in English cat, but longer) is found in this word only, but there are several examples of e from a, see spenna, scella. Perhaps a became ǣ in stressed monosyllables where there was no following consonant cluster (as in nand).

tilte

noun. peak

Derivations

• √TIL “point, horn”

Derivatives

• Q. tildë “a fine sharp point, fine sharp point, [ᴹQ.] spike; (mountain) horn, [ᴱQ.] tip, ️peak”

Element in

• ✶tār(a)-ninqui-tilte “High White Peak” ✧ PE17/186

talat

root. to slip (down), collapse, fall in ruin; slipping, sliding, falling down; ground (bottom), to slip (down), collapse, fall in ruin; slipping, sliding, falling down; ground (bottom); [ᴹ√] slide down, incline, slope, lean, tip, topple over

This root was connected to the name Q. Atalantë “Downfall(en)” as a sort of multilingual pun on “Atlantis”. The first appearance of this root was as unglossed ᴱ√TḶTḶ in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. talta “shaky, wobbling, tottering; sloping, slanting” and ᴱQ. tilt- “make slope, incline (tr.), decline, shake at foundations, make totter” (QL/93). Further signs of this early root can be found in the Early Noldorin Dictionary of the 1920s where Tolkien gave ᴱ✶tḹtá > ᴱN. tlad “hillside, slope” and ᴱ✶tḷtā́ > ᴱN. tleth/ᴱQ. tilta “slanting” (PE13/165).

In The Etymologies of the 1930s the root appeared as ᴹ√TALAT “to slope, lean, tip” with derivatives like ᴹQ. talta-/N. atlanna- “to slope” and ᴹQ. talta/N. talad “an incline” (Ety/TALÁT). The root was mentioned regularly thereafter, mostly in a verbal sense with glosses like “incline, slope, slide down” (PE18/38), “slip (downwards)” (PE18/61), “topple over, slip down” (SD/249), “slip (down)” (PE18/85) and “collapse, fall in ruin” (PM/158). In notes from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien gave the root a noun sense “ground (bottom)” alongside “fall down” (PE17/150) and in a 1964 letter to Christopher Bretherton gave it the sense “slipping, sliding, falling down” (Let/347).

Derivatives

• ✶talat- “slip (down), collapse, fall in ruin” ✧ PE18/085
  • Q. talta- “to slip, slide down, fall, to slip, slide down, collapse, fall, [ᴹQ.] slip down, slope” ✧ PE17/186; PE17/186; PE17/186; PE17/186; PE17/186; PE22/133
  • Os. taltha- “to slip (down), collapse, fall in ruin” ✧ PE22/133
  • ᴺS. taltha- “to slip (down), collapse, fall in ruin”
  • T. talta- “to slip (down), collapse, fall in ruin” ✧ PE22/133
• ✶taltā “tottering, unsteady” ✧ PE18/089
  • Q. talta “tottering, unsteady, tottering, unsteady, [ᴱQ.] shaky, wobbling; [ᴹQ.] sloping, tilted, leaning, inclined, [ᴱQ.] slanting” ✧ PE18/089
• ✶tatalat- “totter, keep on slipping” ✧ PE18/085
• Q. Atalantë “Downfall(en)” ✧ Let/347; PM/158

Variations

• talat ✧ Let/347

caw

noun. top

caw

noun. top

Derivations

• ᴹ√KAS “head” ✧ Ety/KAS

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√KAS > caw	[kāsa] > [kǭsa] > [kǭha] > [kouha] > [kauha] > [kauh] > [kau]	✧ Ety/KAS

cobar

noun. knob, head, tip

Derivations

• ᴹ√KOPAR “knob, head, tip” ✧ EtyAC/KOPAR

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√KOPAR > cobar	[kopar] > [kobar]	✧ EtyAC/KOPAR

dolt

noun. round knob, boss

egnas

noun. peak

ment

noun. point

ment

noun. point

Cognates

• ᴹQ. mente “point, end, point, end; [ᴱQ.] peak, tip” ✧ Ety/MET

Derivations

• ᴹ√MET “end” ✧ Ety/MET

Element in

• N. Mornvenniath “Black Mountains”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√MET > ment	[mente] > [mentʰe] > [menθe] > [menθ] > [ment]	✧ Ety/MET

thela

noun. point (of spear)

ecthel

noun. point (of spear)

egthel

noun. point (of spear)

egnas

noun. sharp point

nass

noun. point, (sharp) end

nass

noun. angle or corner