Quenya 

pet-

knock, strike

#pet- vb. "knock, strike" (cited as "pete", perhaps with a suffixed stem-vowel); pa.t. pentë given. (QL:73)

Sindarin 

tamma

knock

tamma- (i damma, i thammar). _The form listed in LR:287 s.v. _ is erroneously cited with ”mn” instead of ”mm”, cf. VT46:17

tamma

knock

(i damma, i thammar). The form listed in LR:287 s.v.

Telerin 

pet-

verb. to tell

Cognates

  • S. ped- “to say, speak”
  • Q. quet- “to say, speak, tell, to say, speak, tell, [ᴱQ.] talk” ✧ VT41/11

Element in

Noldorin 

nara-

verb. to tell

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. nyar(a)- “to relate, tell, recite (in sing-song voice), talk” ✧ Ety/NAR²

Derivations

  • On. nara- “to tell a story” ✧ Ety/NAR²
    • ᴹ√NYAR “tell, relate” ✧ Ety/NAR²

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. naróbe > naro[nara-]✧ Ety/NAR²
Noldorin [Ety/NAR²; EtyAC/NAR²] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tamma-

verb. to knock

Noldorin [Ety/390, VT/46:17] Group: SINDICT. Published by

Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Middle Primitive Elvish

tam

root. knock

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶tambā- “to knock” ✧ Ety/TAM
    • ᴹQ. tamba- “to knock, keep on knocking” ✧ Ety/TAM
    • N. tamma- “to knock” ✧ Ety/TAM
  • ᴹ✶tamrō “woodpecker, knocker” ✧ Ety/TAM
    • ᴹQ. tambaro “woodpecker, (lit.) knocker” ✧ Ety/TAM
    • N. tavor “woodpecker, knocker, woodpecker, knocker; [G.] wood fay” ✧ Ety/TAM
  • ᴹQ. tam- “to tap” ✧ Ety/TAM

Element in

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/PEL(ES); Ety/TAM] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

pete

root. *knock, hammer

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. penta “nose, beak (probably of such birds as woodpeckers)”, ᴱQ. pete- “knock, strike”, and ᴱQ. petl “hammer” (QL/73). Later nose, knock and hammer words were derived from other roots.

Derivatives

  • Eq. penta “nose, beak (probably of such birds as woodpeckers)” ✧ QL/073
  • Eq. pete- “to knock, strike” ✧ QL/073
  • Eq. petl “hammer” ✧ QL/073
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/072; QL/073] Group: Eldamo. Published by

oto

root. knock

Derivatives

  • Eq. otoke “wailing, beating of breasts” ✧ QL/071
  • Eq. otso “seven” ✧ QL/071
  • Eq. otto- “to knock” ✧ QL/071
  • G. odin “seven (orig[inally] many)”
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/071] Group: Eldamo. Published by