tengwa (pl. tengwar is attested) (1) noun "letter" Tengwa (ñ) is defined as "any one visible sign representing (theoretically) any one audible teñgwe" (phoneme) (VT39:17). In non-technical usage tengwa was equivalent to "consonant", since only the consonants were full signs (WJ:396, TEK). In the Etymologies, tengwa was apparently emended from tengwë (VT46:17).
Quenya
sarat
letter
sarat
noun. letter (of the Rúmilian alphabet)
Derivations
- √SAR “score, incise; write, score, incise; [extended sense] write; [ᴹ√] *stone” ✧ WJ/396
Element in
- ᴺQ. saramor “*writing-ink”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √SAR > sarat [sarat] ✧ WJ/396
tengwa
letter
sarat (pl. sarati given) noun "letter", any individual significant mark, used of the letters of Rúmil after the invention of Fëanor's tengwar (WJ:396). Cf. sarmë.