tixe

noun. dot

pí

noun. small insect, fly, small insect, fly, *mite, gnat; [ᴱQ.] speck, spot, dot, mote

A noun for a “small insect, fly” appearing in notes from 1968 as an example of a primitive monosyllabic noun that survived in modern Quenya (VT47/35). Its primitive form was originally glossed “small bird”. I think it might apply to other tiny insects like mites or gnats, based on its conceptual precursors. Likely it is related to the root √PI(N) for tiny things.

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s Tolkien had ᴱQ. pī “speck, spot, dot, mote” and ᴱQ. pin or pink “a little thing, mite”, the latter also serving as a diminutive ending, all under the early roots ᴱ√PINI, ᴱ√PIKI, or ᴱ√PĪ (QL/73). It is unclear whether or not ᴱQ. pin(k) “mite” could refer to an insect or only a tiny thing. In the Declension of Nouns of the early 1930s, Tolkien had ᴹQ. mí “fly” (PE21/40).

Derivations

• ✶pī “small insect, fly” ✧ VT47/35
  • √PI(N) “little”

Element in

• ᴺQ. pímótar “ant, (lit.) insect-worker”
• ᴺQ. sandanasto “turtle, (lit.) shield-being”
• ᴺQ. tixipi “ladybug, (lit.) insect of [many] dots”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶pī > pī	[pī]	✧ VT47/35

Variations

• pī ✧ VT47/35

pica

small spot, dot

pica (1) ("k")noun "small spot, dot" (PIK)

tixë

dot, tiny mark, point

tixë ("ks")noun "dot, tiny mark, point" (TIK)

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

limba

drop

limba noun "a drop" (LIB1)

mentë

point, end

mentë noun "point, end" (MET)

tilma

noun. point

pêg

dot

pêg (i bêg, construct peg) (small spot), pl. pîg (i phîg)

pêg

dot

(i bêg, construct peg) (small spot), pl. pîg (i phîg)

pêg

small spot

(i bêg, construct peg) (dot), pl. pîg (i phîg)

pêg

small spot

pêg (i bêg, construct peg) (dot), pl. pîg (i phîg)

pêg

small spot

pêg (i bêg, construct peg) (dot), pl. pîg (i phîg)

-il

point

suff. point, ending. >> niphredil, til

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"

til

point

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

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".

ecthel

spear point

(pl. ecthil), literally "thorn point”

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**. **

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)

rafn

extended point at the side

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

sâd

spot

sâd (-had; i hâd, o sâd, construct sad) (place, limited area naturally or artificially defined), pl. said (i said) (UT:314, VT42:20)

sâd

spot

(-had; i hâd, o sâd, construct sad) (place, limited area naturally or artificially defined), pl. said (i said) (UT:314, VT42:20)

thela

spear point

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

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)

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).

dot

root. drop, fall

Derivatives

• ᴺS. dod “berry”
• ᴺS. dod- “to drop, fall down”

pī

noun. small insect, fly

Changes

• pī → pī “small bird” ✧ VT47/35

Derivations

• √PI(N) “little”

Derivatives

• Q. pí “small insect, fly, small insect, fly, *mite, gnat; [ᴱQ.] speck, spot, dot, mote” ✧ VT47/35

Element in

• ᴺS. píeg “mosquito”

peg

noun. dot, small spot

Derivations

• On. pika “small spot, dot” ✧ Ety/PIK
  • ᴹ√PIK “*tiny” ✧ Ety/PIK; EtyAC/PIK

Element in

• ᴺS. nepheg “mid-point, (lit.) mid-spot”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. pika > peg	[pika] > [peka] > [pek] > [peg]	✧ Ety/PIK

peg

noun. small spot, dot

ecthel

noun. point (of spear)

egnas

noun. sharp point

egnas

noun. peak

egthel

noun. point (of spear)

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

nass

noun. point, (sharp) end

nass

noun. angle or corner

thela

noun. point (of spear)