A word for “the sky” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, with variants Taime and Taimie from the early root ᴱ√TAHA [DAHA] (QL/87). ᴱQ. tea “sky” from Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s is probably related, as suggested by Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson (PE16/142).
Early Quenya
tea
noun. sky
tea
adjective. straight
Derivations
- ᴱ√TEHE “‽pull” ✧ QL/090
Element in
- Eq. Teamalle “High St.” ✧ QL/090
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TEHE > tea [texā] > [texa] > [teɣa] > [tea] ✧ QL/090 Variations
- tea ✧ QL/090
tyé
noun. tea
taime
noun. sky
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ√DAHA “*high” ✧ LT1A/Telimektar; QL/087
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TAHA > Taime [taximē] > [taxime] > [taɣime] > [taime] ✧ QL/087 Variations
- Taimë ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
- Taimië ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
- tea ✧ PE16/142
- Taime ✧ QL/088
- Taimie ✧ QL/088
tína
adjective. straight
Cognates
- En. tain “straight” ✧ PE13/153; PE13/165
Derivations
Variations
- taina ✧ QL/090
taimie
noun. sky
kie
noun. path
A word for “tea” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, clearly a loan word from some mortal language, though the path of transmission isn’t clear (QL/49). European words for “tea” are generally based on either Mandarin ch’a via Portuguese or Amoy t’e (a Chinese dialect) via Dutch, becoming in English “chai” or “tea” respectively.