ᴱQ. tala² n. “sail” (Category: Sail)
A word appearing in its instrumental forms talainen or talalínen “with/on wings” in various versions of the ᴱQ. Oilima Markirya from around 1930 (MC/213, 220). In the earliest drafts of the poem, the form was ᴱQ. alainen “upon wings” (PE16/062). In a glossary associated with one of the drafts, Tolkien translated tala as “sail” (PE16/75), perhaps indicating the translation “wings” was metaphorical.
References ✧ MC/213, 216, 220; PE16/74-75, 77, 100, 104
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| talainen | instrumental | “with wings” | ✧ MC/220 |
| talainen | instrumental | ✧ PE16/74 | |
| talaliinen | instrumental plural | ✧ PE16/77; PE16/104 | |
| talalínen | instrumental plural | “on wings” | ✧ MC/213 |
| talalínen | instrumental plural | “with the sails” | ✧ MC/216; PE16/100 |
| talain | nominative plural | ✧ PE16/77 |
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ᴱQ. #ala² n. “wing” (Category: Wing)
References ✧ PE16/62, 72, 76
Changes
Inflections
| alainen | instrumental plural | “upon wings” | ✧ PE16/62 |
| álainen | instrumental plural | ✧ PE16/76 | |
| äläinen | instrumental plural | ✧ PE16/72 |
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