Early Primitive Elvish
tiři
root. ‽stick up
tiði Reconstructed
root. ‽stick up
Derivatives
- Eq. tinde “spiked, pointed, barbed” ✧ QL/093
- Eq. tinda “spike” ✧ LT1A/Kortirion; QL/093
- Eq. tirin “tall tower, turret, minaret” ✧ LT1A/Kortirion; QL/093
- Eq. tirion “(great or mighty) tower; city on a hill” ✧ LT1A/Kortirion; QL/093
- Eq. tirios “town or city with walls and towers, burg” ✧ LT1A/Kortirion; QL/093
Variations
- TIRI ✧ LT1A/Kortirion
- TIŘI ✧ QL/093
A root given as ᴱ√TIŘI [TIÐI] “stick up” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (though Tolkien marked the gloss with “?”), with derivatives like ᴱQ. tinda “spike”, ᴱQ. tirin “tower”, and ᴱQ. tirion “a mighty tower, a city on a hill” (QL/93). In later writings, the city name Q. Tirion “Great Watch Tower” (RGEO/65) or “Watchful City” (MR/176) was almost certainly derived from the root √TIR “watch”.