Quenya 

tópa

roof

tópa noun "roof" (TOP)

tópa-

roof

tópa- vb. "roof" (TOP)

tel

roof

tel noun "roof" (LT1:268). Rather tópa in Tolkiens later Quenya.

Sindarin 

tobas

roof, roofing

(i** dobas, o thobas), pl. tebais (i** thebais) for archaic pl. töbais (VT46:19)

tobas

roof, roofing

tobas (i dobas, o thobas), pl. tebais (i thebais) for archaic pl. töbais (VT46:19)

toba

roof over

(i** doba, i** thobar) (cover). Cited as a ”Noldorin” infinitive in -o (tobo).**

orthel

roof

(verb.) orthel- (i orthel, in erthelir for archaic in örthelir) (screen above);

orthel

roof

(i orthel, in erthelir for archaic in örthelir) (screen above); 

telu

roof

(noun, high roof) telu (i delu, o thelu) (dome), pl. tely (i thely);

telu

roof

(i delu, o thelu) (dome), pl. tely (i thely);

Noldorin 

tobas

noun. roofing, roof

Noldorin [Ety/394, VT/46:19] Group: SINDICT. Published by

tobas

noun. roofing, roof

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “roofing, roof” under the root ᴹ√TOP “cover, roof” (Ety/TOP; EtyAC/TOP). The only gloss appearing in The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road was “roofing” (LR/394), but Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne clarified that the full gloss was “roofing, roof” in their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies (VT46/19).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. teld or telthon “roof” derived from the early root ᴱ√tel- “cover in; close; finish” (GL/70). The Official Name List from the 1910s had only Teld “roof” (PE13/104).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. tópa “roof” ✧ Ety/TOP
Noldorin [Ety/TOP; EtyAC/TOP] Group: Eldamo. Published by

orthel-

verb. to roof, screen above

Noldorin [Ety/391] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

tópa

noun. roof

A noun for “roof” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√TOP “cover, roof” (Ety/TOP).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had a similar form ᴱQ. túpo “roof, cover, lid” under the early root ᴱ√TUPU (QL/95), with just the gloss “roof” in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/95). It also had a couple of other unrelated words: ᴱQ. tel (teld-) “roof” and ᴱQ. telin (telimb-) “roof, covering” both derived from the early root ᴱ√TELE (QL/90).

Cognates

  • N. tobas “roofing, roof” ✧ Ety/TOP

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶tōp- “to roof” ✧ Ety/TOP
    • ᴹ√TOP “cover, roof, roof, cover” ✧ Ety/TOP

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶tōp- > tópa[tōpa]✧ Ety/TOP

Gnomish

telthon

noun. roof

teld

noun. roof

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TELE “cover in; close; finish” ✧ GL/70

Variations

  • telthon ✧ GL/70
  • Teld ✧ PE13/104
Gnomish [GL/70; PE13/104] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

tel

noun. roof

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TELE “cover in; close; finish” ✧ LT1A/Telimektar; QL/090

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TELE > tel[teld] > [tel]✧ QL/090
Early Quenya [LT1A/Telimektar; QL/090] Group: Eldamo. Published by