tanna

adverb. thither

A word for “thither” appearing in the Nieninquë poem of the 1950s (PE16/96), a combination of ta “that” and the allative suffix -nna. Similarly formed ᴹQ. tanna appeared in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/112). ᴹQ. tanna was also used for “thither” in the Koivienéni sentence from the 1930s.

Conceptual Development: In the version of the Nieninqe poem from around 1930, Tolkien used ᴱQ. tande for “thither” (MC/215), with allative suffix -nde that appeared in early 1930s (PE21/52)

tanna

thither

tanna (2) pron. in allative "thither" (VT14:5, PE16:96; evidently to be understood as the allative of ta #2: "to that [place]"). Compare tar and locative tassë.

tanna

sign, token

tanna (1) noun "sign, token" (MR:385, PE17:186), also tanwa (PE17:186)

tanna

noun. sign, token

tannacolli

proper name. Signifer

Name of a star translated as “Signifer”, a compound of tanna “sign” and a (feminine?) form of the adjective colla “borne” (MR/385), perhaps literally meaning “✱Sign Bearer”. It has variant forms Tankol and Tainacolli. Its gloss “Signifer” is Latin for “sign-bearer”; hat-tip to Gilruin for pointing this out to me.

tanwa

sign, token

tanwa noun "sign, token" (Tolkien marked this word with a query, but it is not clearly rejected). Also tanna (#1). (PE17:186)

taina

sign

#taina (2) noun "sign", isolated from Tainacolli *"Sign-bearer" MR:385

tanwa

noun. sign, token

Tancol

signifer

Tancol ("k")noun "Signifer", "the significant star" = Venus (MR:385). The literal meaning is apparently *"sign-bearer", cf. tanna #1 and #col-.

tar

thither

tar (1) adv. or technically pron. with old allative ending: "thither" (TA). This is ta #1 with the same allative ending -r (from primitive -da) as in mir "into". Compare tanna. According to VT49:11, tar may also appear in the logner form tara.

ta

pronoun. that, there, that, there, [ᴹQ.] it

The demonstrative “that” in Quenya, as in carnes ta “he/she did that”. See the entry on demonstrative pronouns for further discusion.

narwë

sign, token

[narwë (and short nar, unless this is an incomplete form) noun "sign, token"] (VT45:37)

tamen

thither

tamen adv. "thither" (VT49:33). Compare simen.

tamen

adverb. thither

A word for “thither” appearing in a list of demonstratives from 1969 (VT49/33), a combination of ta “that” and men “way”.

tande

thither

tande adv. "thither" (MC:215; this is "Qenya")

tar

adverb. thither

PQ. thither

tar(a)

adverb. thither, thither; [ᴹQ.] beyond

An (archaic?) word for “thither” appearing in a list of demonstratives from 1968, a combination of primitive ✶ta with the ancient allative suffix ✶-da (VT49/11). The short form tar was mentioned a few times in Tolkien’s earlier writings (PE19/104; Ety/TA).

tara

thither

tara adv. "thither"; see tar #1.

tengwa

noun. sign

sign, indicator, letter