Early Quenya
tarwe
noun. cross, crucifix
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
tarwe
noun. cross, crucifix
A word appearing as ᴱQ. {taure >>} tarwe “a cross, Crucifix” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√TARA having to do with crossing (QL/89). ᴱQ. tarwe “cross” also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/89).
Neo-Quenya: In Tolkien’s later writings, the root for “across” became √THAR, but I think ᴺQ. tarwë “cross” might still be used, especially in its sense “crucifix”, based on the later root √TAR “stand”.