Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : TAN²

√TAN² root. “indicate, show”

√TAN² root. “indicate, show”: ᴹ√NDAR “sign”

In Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957, Tolkien gave √TAN “indicate, show” as the basis for Q. tanna “sign, token” (PE17/186) and in notes from the late 1950s Tolkien gave the verbal root √tana “show, indicate” (MR/385). Possible earlier hints of this root can be seem in the first and second versions of Tengwesta Qenderinwa where Tolkien gave √TAN as an extension of demonstrative √TA (PE18/33, 60, 84, 95), but those references were unglossed and may simply have been illustrations of principles of root formation. The use of √TAN = “indicate” would have conflicted with √TAN “make, fashion, construct” (Ety/TAN; PE17/96, 106), but in 1968 or 69 Tolkien changed {√TAN >>} √TAM “construct” (PE17/107); see that entry for details.

References ✧ MR/385; PE17/145, 186; PE18/84, 95

Glosses

“indicate” ✧ PE17/145
“indicate, show” ✧ PE17/186
“show, indicate” ✧ MR/385 (tana)

Variations

TAN- ✧ PE17/145; PE17/186; PE18/84; PE18/95
tana ✧ MR/385

TAN¹ “construct, make with tools” may have changed to √TAM owing go conflict with TAN² “indicate, show”
TEÑ “indicate, signify, show, represent, betoken, mark, to point at” is similar in sense to TAN² “indicate, show”

Elements

TA	✧ PE18/84; PE18/95

Derivatives

> ᴺS. !tana- “to show, indicate, point out”
> ✶tanma “sign, token” ✧ PE17/186
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !artanwa “award”
- > Q. tanna¹ “sign, token” ✧ PE17/186
  - ⇒ [see above]
> Q. tana- “to show, indicate”
- ⇒ 4 compounds
> Q. tanna¹ “sign, token” ✧ MR/385; PE17/186
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !lantanna “banner, standard”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !vératanna “signature, (lit.) personal token”
- ⇒ Q. Tannacolli “Signifer” ✧ MR/385
> S. Tengyl “Signifer” ✧ MR/385; MR/385