Early Quenya
tapatenda
adjective. taper fingered, light fingered, long fingered
tapatenda mavoisi
noun. Spanish [chestnut]
i·rendi tapatenda
thieves
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A variant of ᴱQ. mavoisi “chestnut” that Tolkien labeled “Spanish”, so presumably a “Spanish chestnut” (QL/57). It is a combination of ᴱQ. tapatenda “long fingered” and ᴱQ. mavoisi “chestnut”, likely referring to the long and narrow leaves of that variant.