Noldorin
tew
noun. letter
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- N. Celebrimbor o Eregion teithant i thíw thin “Celebrimbor of Hollin drew these signs” ✧ TI/182
- N. tiwdi “alphabet”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶tekmē > tîw [tekmē] > [tegmē] > [tegme] > [teŋme] > [teime] > [tīme] > [tīm] > [tīv] > [tīw] ✧ Ety/TEK On. tegma > teiw > tew [tegma] > [teŋma] > [teima] > [teim] > [teiv] > [teiw] > [tew] ✧ PE22/031 Variations
- tîw ✧ Ety/TEK
tîw
noun. letter
gammas
noun. s-sign (special sign used to mark a final -s in Tengwar)
@@@ tîw (Ety/TEK) appears to be plural, but is clearly glossed as singular “letter” with primitive form tekmē