Noldorin
tîw
noun. letter
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
i
definite article. the
i
definite article. who
i
article. the
Cognates
- ᴹQ. i “the” ✧ Ety/I¹
Derivations
- ᴹ√I “that (deictic particle); [ᴱ√] here it is, root of relatives” ✧ Ety/I¹
Element in
- N. Celebrimbor o Eregion teithant i thíw thin “Celebrimbor of Hollin drew these signs” ✧ TI/182
- N. Cerch iMbelain “Sickle of the Gods” ✧ Ety/KIRIK
- N. cuio i Pheriain anann “long live the halflings” ✧ SD/046
- N. Dagor nuin Giliath “Battle-under-Stars”
- N. Dor Firn i Guinar “Land of the Dead that Live”
- N. Gwerth-i-Cuina “(Land of) the Dead that Live”
- N. Gyrth-i-Guinar “Dead that Live”
- N. gurth i Morthu “*death (of) ?Sauron” ✧ RS/186
- N. har na ond i mid “stand by the grey stone” ✧ AotH/056
- N. Hobas in Elf “*Harbourage of the Swans” ✧ Ety/KHOP
- N. iChúrinien “The Children of Húrin”
- N. i vegli vorn “the black bear” ✧ PE22/033
- N. lheben teil brann i annon ar neledh neledhi gar godrebh “five foot high the door and three may walk abreast” ✧ TAI/150
- N. Mîr in Geleidh “*Jewel of the Gnomes”
- N. naur ad i gaurhoth “*fire against the wolf-horde” ✧ TI/187
- N. Pennas inGeleidh “History of the Gnomes” ✧ LR/201
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√I > i- [i] ✧ Ety/I¹ Variations
- i- ✧ Ety/I¹
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