N. tew n. “letter” (Category: Letter of the Alphabet)

References ✧ Ety/TEK; PE22/31; TI/182

Glosses

• “letter” ✧ Ety/TEK (tîw); PE22/31

Variations

• tew ✧ PE22/31
• tîw ✧ Ety/TEK

Changes

• ndíw >> thíw “signs” ✧ TI/182

Inflections

ndíw	nasal-mutation plural; nd-mutation		✧ TI/182
thíw	nasal-mutation plural; t-mutation	“signs”	✧ TI/182
dew	soft-mutation; t-mutation		✧ PE22/31

Element In

• N. tiwdi “alphabet”
• N. Celebrimbor o Eregion teithant i thíw thin “Celebrimbor of Hollin drew these signs” ✧ TI/182

Cognates

• ᴹQ. tengwa “letter; writing, grammar” ✧ Ety/TEK; PE22/31
• ON. tegma “letter” ✧ PE22/31

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶tekmē “letter, symbol, writing” ✧ Ety/TEK
  • < ᴹ√TEK “write or draw (signs or letters), make a mark” ✧ Ety/TEK; Ety/TEK
• < ON. tegma “letter” ✧ PE22/31
  • < teiw < tegma ✧ PE22/31
  • < ᴹ✶tekmā “writing, grammar”
    • < ᴹ√TEK “write or draw (signs or letters), make a mark” ✧ Ety/TEK; PE19/43

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶tekmē > tîw	[tekmē] > [tegmē] > [tegme] > [teŋme] > [teime] ? [tīme] > [tīm] > [tīv] > [tīw]	✧ Ety/TEK
ON. tegma > teiw > tew	[tegma] > [teŋma] > [teima] > [teim] > [teiv] > [teiw] > [tew]	✧ PE22/31