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Qenya 

tarka

noun. horn [of animals]

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “horn” derived from the root ᴹ√TARAK “horn (of animals)” (Ety/TARÁK).

Conceptual Development: A similar noun ᴱQ. taru “horn” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√TARA (QL/89). It was also mentioned in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/89).

Cognates

  • N. tarag “horn; steep mountain peak” ✧ Ety/TARÁK

Derivations

  • ᴹ√TARAK “horn (of animals)” ✧ Ety/TARÁK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√TARÁK > tarka[taraka] > [tarka]✧ Ety/TARÁK