tára

wise

tára (2) ?"wise". (From tentative notes trying to explain Daur [unlenited *Taur] as Sindarin name of Frodo; the more normal word for "wise" seems to be saila/saira.)

tára

lofty

tára (1) adj. "lofty". (SA:tar, LT1:264, TĀ/TA3 (AYAK, TÁWAR), VT45:6), "tall, high" (WJ:417). Compare antara. Adverb táro in an early "Qenya" text (VT27:20, 26). The adj. tára is not to be confused with the continuative form of the verb #tar- "stand".

tára

adjective. lofty, tall, high

A word for “lofty, tall, high” appearing regularly in Tolkien’s writings throughout his life, usually derived from √TĀ/TAƷ “high” (PE17/186; Ety/TĀ), but sometimes for √TAR “stand” (PE17/186; WJ/417). This word dates back to the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s where ᴱQ. tāra “lofty” appeared under the early root ᴱ√TAHA (QL/87).

In the English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s, Tolkien said this word was used “of objects that stand high or tall, not of those merely in lofty position” (PE15/74). For “up high” I would instead use adverb [ᴹQ.] orro and adjective orwa from √OR “up; rise”.

tára

adjective. wise