telpë noun "silver" (in one example with generalized meaning "money", PE14:54), telep- in some compounds like Teleporno; assimilated telem- in Telemnar and the adj. telemna (KYELEP/TELEP, SA:celeb, LT1:255, 268; also tyelpë, telep-, UT:266). The true Quenya descendant of primitive ¤kyelepē is tyelpë, but the Telerin form telpë was more common, "for the Teleri prized silver above gold, and their skill as silversmiths was esteemed even by the Noldor" (UT:266). In various names: Telperion the White Tree of Valinor; Telperien ("Telperiën"), fem. name including telp- "silver" (Appendix A); Telperinquar "Silver-fist, Celebrimbor" (SA:celeb - also Tyelperinquar); Telporno, Teleporno "Silver-high" = Sindarin _Celeborn(Letters:347, UT:266). _It seems that Teleporno is properly Telerin, Quenyarized as Telporno. Compare adjectives telemna, telpina, telepsa, telepta (q.v.)
Quenya
tyelpë
silver
tyelpë
noun. silver
Cognates
Derivations
Derivatives
- Q. telpë “silver, silver; [ᴱQ.] money” ✧ UT/266
Element in
- Q. Tyelpelepta
- Q. Tyeleptalëa “Silver-footed” ✧ NM/349
- Q. Tyelperion “?Silver Tree” ✧ NM/349; UT/266
- Q. tyelpetéma “palatal series”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶kyelepē > tyelpe [kjelepē] > [kjelpē] > [tjelpē] > [tjelpe] ✧ Let/426 ✶kyelep- > tyelpë [kjelepē] > [kjelpē] > [tjelpē] > [tjelpe] ✧ NM/349 √kyelep- > tyelpe [kjelepē] > [kjelpē] > [tjelpē] > [tjelpe] ✧ UT/266 Variations
- tyelpe ✧ Let/426; UT/266 (tyelpe)
- tyelep- ✧ NM/349
telpë
silver
telpë
noun. silver, silver; [ᴱQ.] money
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- Q. Telemmaitë “Silver-handed”
- Q. Telemnar “*Silver Fire”
- Q. telepta “silver, silver, [ᴱQ.] of silver”
- Q. Telperien
- Q. telperin “like silver (in hue or worth)” ✧ SA/celeb
- Q. Telperion “?Silver Tree” ✧ NM/349; SA/celeb; UT/266
- ᴺQ. telpetan “silversmith”
- ᴺQ. telpevistando “money-changer”
- ᴺQ. telpilin “silver piece, *silver coin”
- ᴺQ. telpingwë “silverfish”
- Q. Telporno “*Silver Tall”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶kelep/kyelep > telep- [kjelepe] > [kjelpe] > [tjelpe] ✧ PE17/036 ✶t/kjelepi > telpe [kjelepe] > [kjelpe] > [tjelpe] ✧ PE21/80 Q. tyelpe > telpe [tjelpe] > [telpe] ✧ UT/266 Variations
- telpe ✧ Let/426; PE21/81; UT/266
- telpe- ✧ PE18/093
telempë
silver
telempë noun "silver" (LT1:268; in Tolkien's later Quenya telpë, which is actually also found in early "Qenya")
telepta
silver
telepta adj. "silver" (as adj.: silvery) (LT2:347), used as noun in the phrase mi telepta of someone clad "in silver", where the context (involving other colour-words) shows that this adj. describes something of silver colour(PE17:71). Compare telemna, telepsa, telpina.
telepta
adjective. silver, silver, [ᴱQ.] of silver
Element in
- Q. sanomë tarnë Olórin, Aracorno, Eomer, Imrahil, mi mísë, mi telepta yo morna, mi laiqua yo ninquë, mi luinë, ta Gimli mi lossëa “There stood Gandalf, Aragorn, Eomer and Imrahil in grey, in silver and black, in green and white, and in blue, and also Gimli in white” ✧ PE17/071
Elements
Word Gloss telpë “silver, silver; [ᴱQ.] money”
silma
silver, shining white
silma adj. "silver, shining white" (SIL), "crystal (white)" (PE17:23)
tyelpë noun "silver" (KYELEP/TELEP), etymology also in Letters:426 and UT:266. Tyelpë is the true Quenya descendant of primitive ¤kyelepē, but the Telerin form telpë was more common, "for the Teleri prized silver above gold, and their skill as silversmiths was esteemed even by the Noldor" (UT:266). In the Etymologies, tyelpë is also the name of Tengwa #1 with overposed dots, this symbol having the value ty (VT45:25). Cf. tyelpetéma as the name of the entire palatal series of the Tengwar system.