náva-tengwë noun*"mouth-sign" = "consonant" considered as a phoneme (only pl. náva-tengwi ["ñáva-"] is attested). Also #návëa. Fëanor later substituted the term #pataca (VT39:8)
Quenya
návëa
consonant
návëa
noun/adjective. consonant, *consonantal
Elements
Word Gloss náva “*mouth (including tongue, lips and teeth), speech apparatus”
náva-tengwë
noun. consonant
Variations
- ñáva-tengwi ✧ VT39/19
náva-tengwë
mouth-sign
pataca
consonant
#pataca noun "consonant" (only pl. patacar ["k"] is attested) (VT39:8)
pataca
noun. consonant
pávatengwë
noun. consonant
ólama
noun. consonant
Cognates
- ᴺS. golof “consonant”
Element in
- Q. ólamaitë “consonantal”
Elements
Word Gloss o- “together” láma “sound, sound; [ᴹQ.] ringing sound, echo”
lambetengwë
consonant
#lambetengwë noun "consonant" (as a tengwë or phoneme), literally "tongue-signs". Only pl. lambetengwi ("ñ") is attested (VT39:16)
lambetengwë
noun. consonant
#návëa nounor adj. "consonant" (only pl. návëar ["ñ"] is attested) (VT39:8)