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Early Primitive Elvish

tiri

root. watch; guard; observe

Derivatives

  • Eq. tiri- “to watch; to keep, guard, preserve; to look at, gaze at, observe” ✧ QL/093
  • Eq. tiris “watch, vigil, ward” ✧ LT1A/Kortirion; QL/093
  • Eq. tirne “steadfast regard, stare” ✧ QL/093
  • G. tir- “to look (out) for, watch for, await, expect” ✧ LT1A/Kortirion
  • G. tirin “watch-tower, turret, tower” ✧ LT1A/Kortirion
  • G. tair “look-out, watch, guard; gaze, regard”
Early Primitive Elvish [LT1A/Kortirion; QL/093] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tiři

root. ‽stick up

Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

tiði Reconstructed

root. ‽stick up

A root given as ᴱ√TIŘI [TIÐI] “stick up” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (though Tolkien marked the gloss with “?”), with derivatives like ᴱQ. tinda “spike”, ᴱQ. tirin “tower”, and ᴱQ. tirion “a mighty tower, a city on a hill” (QL/93). In later writings, the city name Q. Tirion “Great Watch Tower” (RGEO/65) or “Watchful City” (MR/176) was almost certainly derived from the root √TIR “watch”.

Derivatives

  • Eq. tinde “spiked, pointed, barbed” ✧ QL/093
  • Eq. tinda “spike” ✧ LT1A/Kortirion; QL/093
  • Eq. tirin “tall tower, turret, minaret” ✧ LT1A/Kortirion; QL/093
  • Eq. tirion “(great or mighty) tower; city on a hill” ✧ LT1A/Kortirion; QL/093
  • Eq. tirios “town or city with walls and towers, burg” ✧ LT1A/Kortirion; QL/093

Variations

  • TIRI ✧ LT1A/Kortirion
  • TIŘI ✧ QL/093
Early Primitive Elvish [LT1A/Kortirion; QL/093] Group: Eldamo. Published by