tinta- vb. "kindle, cause to sparkle", cf. Tintallë (TIN, SA:tin, MR:388)
Quenya
tinta-
verb. to kindle, cause to spark, to kindle, cause to spark, [ᴹQ.] make to spark
tinta-
verb. kindle, cause to sparkle
lilta-
verb. to dance
A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dance” derived from the root ᴹ√LILT of the same meaning (Ety/LILT). The verb reappeared as an active participle liltalyar “dancing” in notes from the late 1960s (PE23/134).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. lilt- “to dance” under the early root ᴱ√LḶTḶ (QL/55), where [[eq|short syllabic [ḷ] became [il]]] (PE12/11). It reappeared in the Early Qenya Grammar and English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s, where its past forms lalsie or †laltye indicate the development of [[eq|long syllabic [ḹ] to [al]]] (PE14/58; PE15/71). After Tolkien decided that syllabic ḷ, ṇ, ṛ were not vowels in Primitive Elvish, he revised the root to ᴹ√LILT as noted above, so that the verb would probably have a more regular past like ✱liltane.
narta-
verb. kindle
narta- vb. "kindle" (VT45:37)
tunda-
verb. kindle
tunda- vb. "kindle" (LT1:270; rather tinta- or narta- in Tolkien's later Quenya)
turu-
verb. kindle
turu- (2) vb. "kindle" (a "Qenya" form from LT1:270; rather narta- or tinta- in LotR-style Quenya)
A word for “to kindle, cause to spark” (MR/388; PE17/69), a causative verb form based on the root √TIN (PE17/22, 69). Its most notable use is in the name Tintallë “(Star) Kindler” for Varda.
Conceptual Development: ᴹQ. tinta- “to kindle, make to spark” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the same derivation (Ety/TIN), and the verb’s introduction probably coincided with Tolkien’s invention of Varda’s sobriquet.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d limit this verb’s use to “kindle” = “make a spark”. For “kindle” = “set on fire” I’d instead use [ᴹQ.] narta-.