Q. #tel- v. “to end, finish (intr.)” (Category: to Finish)
An intransitive verb glossed “finish, end” in the Quendi and Eldar essay (Q&E) from 1959-60 based on the root √TELE “close, end, come at the end” (WJ/411). Its more precise meaning was “be the last thing or person in a series or sequence of events”. As such, the subject of this verb would be the thing being finished rather than the thing doing the finishing, so i síre tele earessë “the river finishes/ends in the sea” or Valanya tele enquie “Friday ends [the] week” but not i elda telle “the elf finished [what he/she was doing]”. Intransitive tel- was contrasted with transitive telya- “finish, wind up, conclude”, so i elda telyane “the elf finished [something]”.
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. telu- “to finish, end, close, complete” based on the early root ᴱ√TEL+U of the same meaning (QL/91). In Early Qenya word-lists of the 1920s, the meaning of telu- changed to “cover, roof” (PE16/134), and the verb for “end” became ᴱQ. tal-, with past tense talle “ended” (PE16/143). The Etymologies of the 1930s had ᴹQ. tyel- “to end, cease” under the root ᴹ√KYEL of similar meaning (Ety/KYEL; EtyAC/KYEL). The transitivity of the earlier versions of this word is not always clear.
Reference ✧ WJ/411 ✧ tele- “finish, end”
Element In
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| √TELE > tele- | [tel-] | ✧ WJ/411 |
ᴹQ. tyel- v. “to end, cease” (Category: to Cease)
References ✧ Ety/KYEL; EtyAC/KYEL
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| ᴹ√KYEL > tyel- | [kjel-] > [tjel-] | ✧ Ety/KYEL |
ᴱQ. tal- v. “to end” (Category: to Finish)
References ✧ PE16/143
Variations
Inflections
| talle | past | “ended” | ✧ PE16/143 |
Derivations
ᴱQ. telu- v. “to finish, end, close, complete; to cover, roof” (Category: to Finish)
References ✧ LT1A/Teleri; PE16/134; QL/91
Glosses
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Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√TEL+U > telu- | [telu-] | ✧ QL/91 |