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Early Primitive Elvish

tṛkṛ

root. *root

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives ᴱQ. tarka “root” and ᴱQ. tarkele “great system of roots” (QL/94). It also had derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. tarc “root” and G. tricthon “(fibrous fine) root” (GL/69, 71). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.

Derivatives

  • Eq. tarka “root” ✧ GL/69; QL/094
  • G. tarc “root (especially edible roots)” ✧ GL/69
  • G. tricthon “(fibrous fine) root” ✧ GL/69

Variations

  • tṛk ✧ GL/69
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/69; QL/094] Group: Eldamo. Published by