telco noun "stem" of a Tengwa symbol (Appendix E). The Etymologies gives telco ("k") pl. telqui ("q") "leg" (the pl. form is said to be analogical) (TÉLEK). It seems, then, that the word can refer to a "stem" or "leg" in general as well as the stem of a Tengwa. In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, telco is used to refer to a carrier symbol (VT46:18, 33)
Quenya
sirpë
stem, stalk
telco
stem
sirpë
noun. stalk, slender tube, stem
Derivations
- ᴺ✶. THIRIP “stalk”
Element in
- ᴺQ. nelmasirpë “thistle, (lit.) needle-stalk”
sirpë noun "stem, stalk" (QL:84)