Quenya 

tunta-

see, notice, perceive

tunta- "see, notice, perceive", pa.t. túne (QL:95)

túnë

túnë

túnë, pa.t. of tunta-

a-

see

a- (2) a prefix occurring in the Markirya poem (Tolkien first used na-, then changed it). It may be prefixed to verbal stems following a noun that is the object of sense-verbs like "see" and "hear" when the verb it is prefixed to describes what happens to this noun, as in man cenuva lumbor ahosta[?] (changed from na-hosta), "who shall see the clouds gather?" (hosta = "gather").

cen-

see, behold

cen- ("k")vb. "see, behold", future tense cenuva ("kenuva") "shall see" in Markirya. Imperative cena ("k"), VT47:31.Also #cen = noun "sight" as the final element of some nouns (*apacen, tercen, q.v.) Compare the root KHEN-, KEN-, KYEN- "look at, see, observe, direct gaze" (VT45:21)

cenya

verb. see, perceive

Quenya [PE 22:103, 115; PE 22:155] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

véla

verb. see

véla (2) vb. "see" (Arct); present/continuative tense of a verbal stem #vel-? The context of the sentence where it occurs ("till I see you next") suggests that this is "see" in the sense of "meet".

>> yomenië

tunta-

verb. to notice, perceive, see

Derivations

  • ᴺ✶. TUNTU “*see, notice, perceive”

Element in

  • ᴺQ. immotuntië “conscience, (lit.) self-perceiving”
  • ᴺQ. tuntaitë “bright, witty, smart; *perceptive”

Sindarin 

tíra-

verb. to see

Sindarin [tírad SD/129-31] Group: SINDICT. Published by

tíra-

verb. to see

Element in

Sindarin [AotM/062; SD/129] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tírad

gerund noun. to see, for the seing

Sindarin [SD/129-31] Group: SINDICT. Published by

cen

verb. see

cen- (i gên, i chenir), also tíra- (i díra, i thírar), the latter rather meaning “watch”. SEEING #cened (i gened) (sight), pl. cenid (i chenid) if there is a pl. Isolated from cenedril, see mirror, SEEING STONE *gwachaedir (*i 'wachaedir) (palantír), no distinct pl. form. except with article (in gwachaedir); coll. pl. ?gwachaediriath or ?gwachadirnath (the latter assuming that -dir is reduced from older -dirn) The form occurring in the primary source, gwahaedir, must represent the late Gondorian pronunciation with h for ch (PM:186)

cen

see

(i** gên, i** chenir), also tíra- (i** díra, i** thírar), the latter rather meaning “watch”.

gwachaedir

seeing stone

(i ’wachaedir) (palantír), no distinct pl. form. except with article (in gwachaedir); coll. pl. ?gwachaediriath or ?gwachadirnath (the latter assuming that -dir is reduced from older -dirn) The form occurring in the primary source, gwahaedir, must represent the late Gondorian pronunciation with h for ch (PM:186) ****

cened

seeing

(i gened) (sight), pl. cenid (i chenid) if there is a pl. Isolated from cenedril, see MIRROR.

Noldorin 

cen-

verb. to see

Noldorin [cenedril TI/184] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

kenya-

verb. to see

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KEN “see, perceive, look at, observe, direct gaze”

Variations

  • kenya ✧ PE22/115

ken-

verb. to see

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KEN “see, perceive, look at, observe, direct gaze” ✧ PE22/103

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KEN > kenne[kenne]✧ PE22/103
Qenya [PE22/103; PE22/124] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

gwinta-

verb. to see

Changes

  • gwantigwanthi ✧ GL/46

Variations

  • gwanti ✧ GL/46 (gwanti)

thê-

verb. to see

Cognates

Derivations

Early Quenya

tunta-

verb. to see, notice, perceive

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TUN+TƎ “*see, notice, perceive” ✧ QL/095

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TUN+Tǝ > tunta-[tunta-]✧ QL/095
Early Quenya [QL/095] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sehta-

verb. to see

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ÞEHE “*see” ✧ QL/082

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√SEHE > sehta[θexta-] > [sexta-]✧ QL/082
ᴱ√SEHE > sēχı̯ǝ > sie[θēxjǝ] > [sie]✧ QL/082

Variations

  • sehta ✧ QL/082
Early Quenya [QL/082] Group: Eldamo. Published by

véla

verb. to see

Element in

Early Quenya [LFC/030] Group: Eldamo. Published by