Qenya
tinga
noun. *flint
tinga-
verb. to twang, to twang, *to ping
tanga-
verb. to twang
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A verb appearing as tinga- “twang” in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed derived from the onomatopoeic root ᴹ√TING or ᴹ√TANG (Ety/TING). The Quenya Verbal System (QVS) of 1948 instead had tanga- with past forms tange or tangane “twanged”, derived from ᴹ√TAÑ.
Neo-Quenya: In a 2025-01-30 post to the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), Luinyelle suggested this verb might also mean “✱ping” in the modern internet sense, as in tinganel nin “you pinged me”.