Q. telepta adj. “silver” (Category: Silver)
An adjective for “silver” appearing in the phrase Sanome tarne Olórin, Arakorno, Eomer, Imrahil, mi mīse, mi telepta yo morna, mi laiqua yo ninque, mi luini, ta Gimli mi losseä “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” in notes from the mid-1960s (PE17/71).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had unglossed ᴱQ. telepta under the early root ᴱ√TELEPE whose derivatives had to do with silver (QL/91). A similar form ᴹQ. telepsa “of silver” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KYELEP “silver”, which Tolkien equated to ᴹQ. telpina (Ety/KYELEP). This form telepsa may reflect the 1930s sound change whereby pt became ps; compare ᴹQ. lepse “finger” from ᴹ√LEPET (Ety/LEPET). Tolkien revised the entry for ᴹ√KYELEP, replacing telepsa with (unglossed) ᴹQ. telemna (Ety/KYELEP). The adjective telepta “silver” was restored in the 1960s (see above) after Tolkien abandoned the ps > pt sound change.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would use this word primarily for silver as a color.
Reference ✧ PE17/71 ✧ “silver”
Elements
| telpë | “silver” |
Element In
ᴹQ. telepsa adj. “of silver” (Category: Silver)
Reference ✧ Ety/KYELEP ✧ “of silver”
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Changes
Element In
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√KYELEP/TELEP > telepsa | [kjelepta] > [tjelepta] > [tjelepsa] ? [telepsa] | ✧ Ety/KYELEP |
ᴱQ. telepta adj. “*silver” (Category: Silver)
References ✧ LT2A/Talceleb; QL/91
Elements
| ᴱ√TELEPE | “*silver” | ✧ LT1A/Telimpë (TELPE) |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√TELPE > telepta | [teleptā] > [telepta] | ✧ QL/91 |