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
adjective. straight
tea
noun. sky
tea-
prefix. *their; 3rd pl. neut. possessive
tyé
noun. tea
taime
noun. sky
ta-
prefix. *their; 3rd pl. neut. possessive
kie
noun. path
taimie
noun. sky
tína
adjective. straight
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.