ᴹQ. tengwa n. “letter; writing, grammar” (Category: Letter of the Alphabet)

References ✧ Ety/TEK; EtyAC/TEK; PE19/43; PE22/31; SDI2/tengwar; TII/Tengwar

Glosses

• “letter” ✧ Ety/TEK; PE22/31
• “writing, grammar” ✧ PE19/43 (teñgwa)

Variations

• tengwa ✧ Ety/TEK; PE22/31
• tengwe ✧ EtyAC/TEK
• teñgwa ✧ PE19/43

Changes

• tengwe >> tengwa “letter” ✧ EtyAC/TEK
• tengwa »» tengwa “letter”; derivation corrected from tekmē to tekma ✧ EtyAC/TEK

Inflections

Tengwar	plural	✧ TII/Tengwar
tengwar	plural	✧ SDI2/tengwar

Element In

• ᴹQ. tengwanda “alphabet” ✧ Ety/TEK

Cognates

• N. tew “letter” ✧ Ety/TEK (tîw); PE22/31
• ON. tegma “letter” ✧ PE22/31

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶tekmā “writing, grammar” ✧ EtyAC/TEK (tekma); PE19/43
  • < teñma < tegmā < tekmā ✧ PE19/43
  • < ᴹ√TEK “write or draw (signs or letters), make a mark” ✧ Ety/TEK; PE19/43

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶tekma > tengwa	[tekmā] > [tegmā] > [teŋmā] > [teŋgwā] > [teŋgwa]	✧ Ety/TEK
ᴹ✶tekmā > tegmā > teñma > teñgwa	[tekmā] > [tegmā] > [teŋmā] > [teŋgwā] > [teŋgwa]	✧ PE19/43

ᴱQ. teket (tekett-) n. “letter” (Category: Letter of the Alphabet)

References ✧ QL/90

Glosses

• “letter” ✧ QL/90

Variations

• teket ✧ QL/90
• teketta ✧ QL/90

Inflections

tekett-

stem

✧ QL/90

Derivations

• < ᴱ√TEKE “make marks” ✧ QL/90

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√TEKE > teket

[tekett] > [teket]

✧ QL/90