Eldamo : Quenya : tailë

Q. #tailë n. “lengthening” (Category: to Stretch)

Q. #tailë, n. “lengthening, [ᴹQ.] extension” (Category: to Stretch)

A noun for “lengthening, extension” from The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√TAY “extend, make long(er)” (Ety/TAY), also appearing as an element in ómatailë “vowel lengthening” from both versions of Tengwesta Qenderinwa from the 1930s (TQ1: PE18/45) and around 1950 (TQ2: PE18/95).

Reference ✧ PE18/95 ✧ “lengthening”

Element In

ᴺQ. !vorotailë “procrastination, (lit.) ever-extension”
Q. ómatailë “vowel lengthening” ✧ PE18/95

Derivations

< √TAY “mark, line, limit; stretch, [ᴹ√] extend, make long(er)”

ᴹQ. taile n. “lengthening, extension” (Category: to Stretch)

See Q. #tailë for discussion.

Reference ✧ Ety/TAY ✧ “lengthening, extension”

Element In

ᴹQ. ómataile “vowel-lengthening”

Derivations

< ᴹ√TAY “extend, make long(er), stretch” ✧ Ety/TAY

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√TAY > taile

[taile]

✧ Ety/TAY