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Early Quenya

tirin

place name. Tower

Name of Ingil’s tower in the earliest Lost Tales (LT2/5), it is simply tirin “tower” used as a name (LT1A/Kortirion).

Early Quenya [LT2A/Tirin; LT2I/Tirin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tirin

noun. tall tower, turret, minaret

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TIÐI “‽stick up” ✧ LT1A/Kortirion; QL/093

Element in

  • Eq. Estirin “?Outer Tower”
  • Eq. Tirin “Tower” ✧ LT1A/Kortirion

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TIŘI > tirin[tiðind] > [tizind] > [tirind] > [tirin]✧ QL/093
Early Quenya [LT1A/Kortirion; QL/093] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tur

noun. king

Cognates

  • En. tîr “king” ✧ PE13/154
  • G. tûr “king” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TURU “am strong” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; QL/095

Element in

  • Eq. turwen “princess” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. túrin “king(dom)” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. Sorontur “King of Eagles” ✧ LT1A/Sorontur
  • Eq. túrani “queen” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. túranu “king” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. turillo “prince” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. turinqi “queen” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; QL/096
  • Eq. turqin “queen” ✧ QL/096 (turqin)
  • Eq. Turondo

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TURU > Tur[tur]✧ QL/095

Variations

  • -tur ✧ LT1A/Sorontur
  • túr ✧ PE13/154; PE16/138
  • Tur ✧ QL/096
Early Quenya [LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; LT1A/Sorontur; PE13/154; PE16/138; QL/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

túranu

noun. king

Variations

  • tūranu ✧ QL/095
Early Quenya [QL/095] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vardar

noun. king

Early Quenya [LT1A/Varda; QL/102] Group: Eldamo. Published by