Q. tir- v. (basic-verb) “to watch (over), guard, heed; to look (at), gaze, observe” (Category: to Look)

Q. tir-, v. (basic-verb) “to watch (over), guard, heed; to look (at), gaze, observe; ⚠️[ᴱQ.] to keep, preserve” (Category: to Look)

ᴹQ. cim- “to find; [ᴱQ.] to heed”

ᴱQ. yéta- “to look at”

References ✧ CPT/1296, 1298; MC/222; PE17/25, 86, 94; PE22/155; SA/tir; UT/305, 317; VT47/31

Glosses

• “gaze, look at, watch” ✧ PE17/25
• “watch, watch over” ✧ SA/tir

Variations

• tir- ✧ PE17/25; SA/tir

Related

• yé “lo, now see!” = tira “see!” ✧ VT47/31

Inflections

tirila	active-participle	“watching (something)”	✧ PE22/155
tire	aorist	“watch, observe”	✧ PE17/94
tiruva	future	“shall heed”	✧ MC/222; MC/222
tiruvantes	future 3rd-pl with-sg-object	“they will guard it”	✧ UT/305: gloss from UT/317; Nai tiruvantes is paraphrased as “in the keeping of” on UT/305
tiruvantes	future 3rd-pl with-sg-object	“they will guard it”	✧ UT/317
tira	imperative	“see!”	✧ VT47/31
antírie	intensive gerund	“more closely, more attentively”	✧ PE17/94
tírielya	perfect-participle	“looking”	✧ CPT/1296
tírienye	perfect-participle plural	“looking”	✧ CPT/1298
tíra	present	“watch, look”	✧ PE17/86

Element In

• ᴺQ. !ettir- “to watch out, spy on”
• ᴺQ. !ettirno “spy”
• ᴺQ. !fennatir “door-watcher”
• ᴺQ. !tirmen “theater”
• Q. ai! löar yassen palantírienyë andavanwë yárier “ah years in which looking far away I saw ages long-passed” ✧ CPT/1296; CPT/1297; CPT/1298
• Q. á tirë antírië “watch more closely, observe more attentively” ✧ PE17/94
• Q. á tirë antírië “watch more closely, observe more attentively” ✧ PE17/94
• Q. Elentir “*Star-gazer”
• Q. Hyarmentir “*South Watch”
• Q. Minastir “?Watch Tower”
• Q. nattir- “to look back”
• Q. Palantir “Far-sighted”
• Q. palantír “far-gazer, far-seer, (lit.) that which looks far away” ✧ PE17/25 (palantir)
• Q. man tiruva fána cirya? “Who shall heed a white ship?” ✧ MC/222
• Q. man tiruva rácina cirya? “Who shall heed a broken ship?” ✧ MC/222
• Q. nai tiruvantes i hárar mahalmassen mi Númen “in the keeping of those who sit upon thrones of the West” ✧ UT/305
• Q. #palantir- “to watch/look afar” ✧ PE17/86 (palantíra)
• Q. tirila “watching (something)” ✧ PE22/155

Derivations

• < √TIR “watch (over), look at, observe, gaze at” ✧ PE22/155; SA/tir

Phonetic Developments

√TIR > tirila	[tinwe]	✧ PE22/155
√tir > tir	[tinwe]	✧ SA/tir

ᴹQ. #tir- v. (basic-verb) “to watch” (Category: to Look)

References ✧ Ety/TIR

Inflections

tirin	aorist 1st-sg	“I watch”	✧ Ety/TIR
tirne	past		✧ Ety/TIR

Element In

• ᴹQ. halatir(no) “kingsfisher, (lit.) fish-watcher”
• ᴹQ. tirion “watch-tower, tower”
• ᴹQ. #tiriste “*watch, guard”

Cognates

• N. tir- “to watch” ✧ Ety/TIR (tiri)
• N. tiria- “to watch” ✧ Ety/TIR (tirio)

Derivations

• < ᴹ√TIR “watch, guard” ✧ Ety/TIR

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√TIR > tirin

[tinwe]

✧ Ety/TIR

ᴱQ. tiri- v. “to watch; to keep, guard, preserve; to look at, gaze at, observe” (Category: to Look)

References ✧ MC/214; QL/93

Glosses

• “watch; keep, guard, preserve; look at, gaze at, observe” ✧ QL/93

Variations

• tiri- ✧ QL/93

Inflections

tiruva	future	“shall heed”	✧ MC/214
tīre	past		✧ QL/93

Element In

• ᴱQ. †Tiri(o)stirion
• ᴱQ. man tiruva rusta kirya? “Who shall heed a broken ship?” ✧ MC/214
• ᴱQ. tirinwa “vigilant” ✧ QL/93

Derivations

• < ᴱ√TIRI “watch; guard; observe” ✧ QL/93

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√TIRI > tiri-

[tiri-]

✧ QL/93