(i dêw, o thêw, construct tew) (letter, tengwa), pl. tîw (i thîw), coll. pl. téwath
Sindarin
têw
noun. letter, written sign
têw
noun. letter
Changes
têw→ tew ✧ PE17/044tîw→ tiw ✧ PE17/044tēw→ tew ✧ PE17/044Cognates
- Q. tengwa “(written) letter; sign, token, indicator, (written) letter; sign, token, indicator; [ᴹQ.] writing, grammar” ✧ LotR/1117; PE17/043; PE17/044; PE17/044; PE17/044; PE17/122; PE17/122; WJ/396
Derivations
- ✶tekmā “letter” ✧ PE17/043; PE17/043; PE17/044; PE17/044; PE17/044
- √TEK “make a written mark, sign, write, make a written mark, sign, write, [ᴹ√] write or draw (signs or letters)” ✧ PE17/043; PE17/044
- ✶teñwā “letter, sign, token” ✧ PE17/044; PE17/044; PE22/149
- √TEÑ “indicate, signify, show, represent, betoken, mark, to point at, indicate, signify, show, represent, betoken, mark, to point at; [ᴱ√] know, understand” ✧ PE17/044; PE17/044; PE17/044; PE19/097; PE22/149
Element in
- S. Celebrimbor o Eregion teithant i thiw hin “Celebrimbor of Hollin drew these signs” ✧ LotR/0305; PE17/044
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶tekmā > tegmā > teŋw > tēw [tekmā] > [tegmā] > [tegma] > [teŋma] > [teŋwa] > [tēwa] > [tēw] ✧ PE17/043 ✶tekmāi > tekmī > tiŋw > tīw [tekmāi] > [tekmī] > [tegmī] > [tegmi] > [teŋmi] > [tiŋmi] > [tiŋwi] > [tīwi] > [tīw] ✧ PE17/043 ✶tek-mā > tew [tekmā] > [tegmā] > [tegma] > [teŋma] > [teŋwa] > [tēwa] > [tēw] ✧ PE17/044 ✶teñwa > teiw > tew [teŋwa] > [tēwa] > [tēw] ✧ PE17/044 ✶tekma > teŋ̃ma > tēw [tekmā] > [tegmā] > [tegma] > [teŋma] > [teŋwa] > [tēwa] > [tēw] ✧ PE17/044 ✶teñmi > tiñm(i) > tîw [tekmī] > [tegmī] > [tegmi] > [teŋmi] > [tiŋmi] > [tiŋwi] > [tīwi] > [tīw] ✧ PE17/044 ✶teñwa > tēwa > tēw [teŋwa] > [tēwa] > [tēw] ✧ PE17/044 ✶teŋmā > teŋwā > tēwa > tîw [teŋmā] > [teŋma] > [teŋwa] > [tēwa] > [tīwa] > [tīw] ✧ PE22/149 Variations
- tēw ✧ PE17/043; PE17/044; PE17/044 (
tēw); PE17/044; PE17/044; PE17/122- tew ✧ PE17/044; PE17/044
- tîw ✧ PE17/044 (
tîw); PE22/149
tew
letter
taen
noun. sign
têw
sign
têw
letter
têw (i dêw, o thêw, construct tew) (sign, tengwa), pl. tîw (i **thîw), coll. pl. téwath**
têw
letter
(i dêw, o thêw, construct tew) (sign, tengwa), pl. tîw (i thîw), coll. pl. téwath
têw
tengwa
(Fëanorian letter) têw (i dêw, o thêw, construct tew) (sign, letter), pl. tîw (i thîw), coll. pl. téwath
têw
tengwa
(i dêw, o thêw, construct tew) (sign, letter), pl. tîw (i thîw), coll. pl. téwath
tann
sign
1) (etymologically ”something shown/indicated”) tann (i dann), construct tan, pl. tain (i thain) (MR:185); 2) têw (i dêw, o thêw, construct tew) (letter, tengwa), pl. tîw (i **thîw), coll. pl. téwath**;
tann
sign
(i dann), construct tan, pl. tain (i thain)** **(MR:185)
(dew), pl1. tiw _ n. _letter. tew << têw; tiw << tîw. >> téw