Eldamo : Middle Quenya : telme

ᴹQ. telme n. “hood, covering” (Category: to Cover)

ᴹQ. telmë, n. “hood, covering” (Category: to Cover): ᴱQ. vailë “covering, *sheath”

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as {telma >>} telme “hood, covering” derived from primitive ᴹ✶telmā̆/ē̆ under the root ᴹ√TEL(U) (Ety/TEL; EtyAC/TEL).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. telin (telimb-) “roof, covering” under the early root ᴱ√TELE “cover in” (QL/90).

References ✧ Ety/TEL; EtyAC/TEL

Glosses

“hood, covering” ✧ Ety/TEL

Variations

telme ✧ Ety/TEL
telma ✧ EtyAC/TEL

Changes

telma >> telme “hood, covering” ✧ EtyAC/TEL

Inflections

telmello

ablative

“from hood, from crown, from top”

✧ Ety/TEL

Element In

ᴹQ. telmello talmanna “from hood to base, crown to foot, top to bottom” ✧ Ety/TEL
ᴺQ. !niltelmë “(sun)bonnet, (lit.) harebell-hood”
ᴺQ. !ulutelmë “umbrella, rainshade”

Derivations

< ᴹ✶telmē̆ “hood, covering” ✧ Ety/TEL (telmā̆/telmē̆)
- < ᴹ√TEL(U) “*roof” ✧ Ety/TEL (TEL)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶telmā̆/telmē̆ > telme

[telme]

✧ Ety/TEL

ᴱQ. telin (telimb-) n. “roof, covering” (Category: to Cover)

See ᴹQ. telme for discussion.

References ✧ QL/90

Glosses

“roof, covering” ✧ QL/90

Variations

telin ✧ QL/90

Inflections

telimb-

stem

✧ QL/90

Element In

ᴱQ. Taitelon “Vault of Heaven”
ᴱQ. telintule “bearing a roof, roofed” ✧ QL/90

Derivations

< ᴱ√TELE “cover in; close; finish” ✧ QL/90

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√TELE > telin

[telimb] > [telin]

✧ QL/90