taen

noun. height, summit of high mountain

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “height, summit of high mountain” derived from primitive ᴹ✶taʒna of similar meaning (Ety/TĀ), where the diphthong ae arose due to the usual [[n|vocalization of ʒ [ɣ] before nasals]]. It would have gone through the same vocalizations and had the same form if it were a Sindarin word.

Conceptual Development: In Early Noldorin Word-lists there were two similar nouns: ᴱN. tain “mountain” (PE13/153) and ᴱN. dain “height, summit; height, loftiness, sublimity” (PE13/141, 161). The first of these probably had a derivation similar to later N. taen, but the latter was derived from primitive ᴱ✶dágniya. The two forms seems to represent distinct early roots ✱ᴱ√DAHA and ᴱ√TAHA, which would have blended together in Early Qenya since initial voiced stops were unvoiced: d- > ᴱQ. t-.

taen

adjective. long (and thin)

taen

adjective. long (and thin)

taen

noun. height, summit of high mountain

taen-nimdil

place name. Taen-Nimdil

Name of Manwe’s hall on Taniquetil appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/TĀ), a combination of taen “summit of high mountain” and Nimdil “White Horn”, referring to the Noldorin name of that mountain: Nimdildor.

anann

adverb. long

ann

adjective. long

ann

adjective. long

gammas

noun. s-sign (special sign used to mark a final -s in Tengwar)