Early Noldorin
teiar
noun. brick
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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!
teiar
noun. brick
A word appearing as ᴱN. teiar “brick” in Early Noldorin Word-lists from the 1920s, derived from primitive ᴱ✶tesare (PE13/153). The middle i is seems to be the result of some vocalization of ancient s > h.
Neo-Sindarin: In later Sindarin, intervocalic s > h usually vanishes, but occasionally survives if it separates otherwise awkward vowel combinations, as in ahamar “neighbor” or arahadhw “throne”. Thus I would adapt this early word as ᴺS. tehar “brick”. However, tëar is also possible; compare [N.] noen < ✱nusina (EtyAC/NUS).