S. #tinnu n. “*twilight” (Category: Dusk)

S. #tinnu, n. “[N.] (starry) twilight, dusk, early night (without moon)” (Category: Dusk)

Reference ✧ PE19/73 ✧ #Tinnú

Elements

√TIN	“sparkle, spark”
dû	“night, dimness; dim, dark”

Element In

• S. Tinúviel “Nightingale, (lit.) Daughter of Twilight” ✧ PE19/73 (Tinnúviel)

Cognates

• Q. tindómë “(starry) twilight, (usually) time near dawn”

N. tinnu n. “(starry) twilight, dusk, early night (without moon)” (Category: Dusk)

References ✧ Ety/DOMO, THIN, TIN

Glosses

• “dusk, twilight, early night (without moon)” ✧ Ety/TIN
• “starry twilight” ✧ Ety/DOMO

Variations

• tinnu ✧ Ety/DOMO; Ety/TIN

Inflections

Dinnu

soft-mutation; t-mutation

“Twilight”

✧ Ety/THIN

Elements

ᴹ√TIN	“sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams”	✧ Ety/DOMO
ᴹ✶dōmi	“night, twilight, gloom”	✧ Ety/DOMO

Element In

• N. Aran Dinnu “King of Twilight” ✧ Ety/THIN; Ety/TIN
• N. Tindobel “Twilit City, Starlit City” ✧ Ety/TIN (Tindubel)

Cognates

• Ilk. tindum “(starry) twilight, starlight” ✧ Ety/DOMO; Ety/THIN (Tinduma); Ety/TIN
• ᴹQ. tindóme “(starry) twilight, starlit dusk” ✧ Ety/DOMO; Ety/TIN (tin-dóme)

Derivations

• < ᴹ√DOM “faint, dim” ✧ Ety/TIN
  • < tindu < tindumh < DOM ✧ Ety/TIN
• < ᴹ√TIN “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” ✧ Ety/THIN

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√DOM > tindumh > tindu > tinnu

[tindōmi] > [tindōme] > [tindūme] > [tindūm] > [tindum] > [tinduv] > [tindu] > [tinnu]

✧ Ety/TIN