Early Quenya
lepta
noun. finger
Element in
- Eq. anda-lepta “long-fingered” ✧ PE15/74
Variations
- lepta ✧ PE15/72; PE15/74; PE16/137
lepta
adjective. hooked (as a tendril)
Derivations
- ᴱ√LEPE “*finger” ✧ QL/053
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LEPE > lepta [leptā] > [lepta] ✧ QL/053 Variations
- lepta ✧ QL/053
let
noun. finger
Derivations
- ᴱ√LEPE “*finger” ✧ QL/053
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LEPE > let [lept] > [let] ✧ QL/053
tenna
noun. finger
Derivations
- ᴱ√TENE “touch, feel” ✧ QL/091
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TENE > tenna [tennā] > [tenna] ✧ QL/091 Variations
- tenge ✧ PE16/137
tenge
noun. finger
tyúte
noun. thumb
Derivations
- ᴱ√TYU ✧ QL/050
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TYU > tyūte [tʲūti] > [tʲūte] ✧ QL/050 Variations
- tyūte ✧ QL/050; QL/093
A noun for “finger” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√TENE “touch, feel” (QL/91). It was also mentioned in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, but with -nd- written above it indicating a variant form tenda (PME/91). A similar word tenge “finger” appeared Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/137), but ᴱQ. lepta was written next to it, perhaps as a replacement, since after this point finger-words were primarily based on √LEP.