vocalic extension
Quenya
ómataina
noun. vocalic extension
ómataina
ómataina
ómataima
noun. vocalic extension
ómataima
noun. vocalic extension
Elements
Word Gloss óma “voice, resonance of the vocal chords, vowel” taina “extension” Variations
- ómataina ✧ PE22/137; WJ/371; WJ/417
taina
adjective. lengthened
lengthened
taina
lengthened, extended
taina (1) adj. "lengthened, extended" (TAY), "stretched, elongated" (VT39:7), also noun "extension" in the compound ómataina, q.v.
óma
voice
óma noun "voice" (OM), "voice, resonance of the vocal chords" (VT39:16), "voice /vowel" _(PE17:138, where it is said that the root _OM refers to "drawn-out" sounds; contrast tomba, q.v.). With pronominal suffix #ómarya "his/her voice", genitive ómaryo "of his/her voice" (Nam, RGEO:67). Instrumental pl. ómainen "with voices" _(WJ:391). Adj. ómalóra "voiceless" (VT45:28)_. The term óma is closely associated with vowels, see óma-tengwë, ómëa; cf. also the compounds ómataina "vocalic extension", the addition to the base a final vowel identical to the stem-vowel (WJ:371, 417; also called ómataima, VT42:24, 25), ómatehtar "vowel-signs", signs used for vowels (usually called simply tehtar, but the latter term strictly includes all kinds of diacritics, not just the vowel-signs) (WJ:396)
ómataina, ómataima see óma.