tengwelë noun "Language" (in all its aspects), a general word for the grouping and composing of tengwi (linguistic "signs", phonemes) into a linguistic system (VT39:16)
Quenya
lambelë
language
lambelë
noun. phonetics
Elements
Word Gloss lambë “language, tongue, dialect” -lë “abstract noun, adverb” Variations
- lambele ✧ VT39/15; VT39/16
tengwelë
language
tengwestië
language
tengwestië noun "Language" as abstract or phenomenon (WJ:394)
tengwië
language
#tengwië noun "language" in the compound mátengwië "language of the hands" (VT47:9). Compare tengwë, tengwesta.
lambelë noun "Language" (especially with reference to phonology), *"phonetics" (VT39:15)