tildë

noun. a fine sharp point, fine sharp point, [ᴹQ.] spike; (mountain) horn, [ᴱQ.] tip, ️peak

Derivations

• ✶tilte “peak”
  • √TIL “point, horn”

Element in

• ᴺQ. cantil “quadrangle, *quadrilateral, rectangle, square”
• ᴺQ. eretildo “unicorn”
• Q. Sorontil “Eagle-horn”
• Q. Taniquetil “High White Peak”

Variations

• tilde ✧ WJ/417

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