ᴱQ. tanta-² v. “to dance (tr.), dandle, wave” (Category: to Dance)
A verb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “dance (tr.), dandle, wave”, derived from the early root ᴱ√TṆTṆ having to do with bouncing things (QL/94). In the same entry there was a separate verb tanta- “bounce, bound, rebound” (QL/93). The two verbs had distinct past forms: tante “bounced” vs. tantane “dandled”, and seem to be intransitive and transitive respectively. In the English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s it was given as a verb meaning “dance” (PE15/71).
References ✧ PE15/71; QL/94
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| tantane | past | ✧ QL/94 |
| tantye | past | ✧ PE15/71 |
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| ᴱ√TṆTṆ > tanta- | [tṇta-] > [tanta-] | ✧ QL/94 |