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==Derivatives==
==Derivatives==


*[[Quenya]]: ''[[tenna]]''<ref name=PE17/>; ''[[ten|tenne]]''<ref name=VT49>{{VT|49a}}, p. 23</ref>
*[[Quenya]]: ''[[tenna]]''<ref name=PE17/>; ''[[ten|tenne]]''<ref name=VT/>


==Other versions==
==Other versions==
===TEƷ===
===TEƷ===
In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']] appears the root TEƷ- ("line, direction"). From this root derives:<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 391 (roots appearing as "TEƷ-" and "TEÑ"</ref>
In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']] appears the root TEƷ- ("line, direction"). From this root derives:<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, pp. 391-2 (roots appearing as "TEƷ-" and "TEÑ"</ref>


*[[Primitive Quendian]]: ''teʒē''
*[[Primitive Quendian]]: ''teʒē''
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**[[Noldorin]]: ''tîr'' ("straight, right")
**[[Noldorin]]: ''tîr'' ("straight, right")


===TEÑ<sup>1</sup>===
===TEÑ<sup>1</sup> and TEÑ<sup>2</sup>===
According to [[Christopher Tolkien]], the root TEƷ- was changed to TEÑ. In this new entry, Quenya ''téra'' and Noldorin ''tîr'' derived from Primitive Quendian ''teñrā'',<ref name=LR/> where an intermediate form appears to be ''tēra''.<ref>{{VT|46a}}, p. 17</ref>{{or}}
According to [[Christopher Tolkien]], the root TEƷ- was changed to TEÑ. In this new entry, Quenya ''téra'' and Noldorin ''tîr'' derived from Primitive Quendian ''teñrā'',<ref name=LR/> where an intermediate form appears to be ''tēra''.<ref name=VT>{{VT|46a}}, pp. 17-18</ref>


Note that there is also an additional entry on TEÑ in the ''Etymologies'' (see [[TEÑ#Other versions|TEÑ<sup>2</sup>]]),<ref name=LR/> and a root [[TEÑ]] in the manuscript "[[Parma Eldalamberon 17|Eldarin Roots and Stems]]".<ref name=PE17/>
There exists furthermore an additional entry on TEÑ in the ''Etymologies'' (for the sake of clarity, here called TEÑ<sup>2</sup>), yielding the derivatives Noldorin ''tî'' ("line, row"), ''tiwdi'' ("alphabet"), ''tær'', ''taer'' ("straight"), and [[Quenya]] ''téma'' ("row, series, line"), ''tea'' ("straight line, road").<ref name=LR/><ref name=VT/>
 
Note that there also exists a root [[TEÑ]], with a different signification, in the manuscript "[[Parma Eldalamberon 17|Eldarin Roots and Stems]]".<ref name=PE17/>


===√''ten''===
===√''ten''===

Latest revision as of 01:09, 22 July 2011

The name ten refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see ten (disambiguation).

TEN is a Primitive Quendian root signifying "direction".[1]

Derivatives[edit | edit source]

Other versions[edit | edit source]

TEƷ[edit | edit source]

In the Etymologies appears the root TEƷ- ("line, direction"). From this root derives:[3]

  • [see TEÑ1]

TEÑ1 and TEÑ2[edit | edit source]

According to Christopher Tolkien, the root TEƷ- was changed to TEÑ. In this new entry, Quenya téra and Noldorin tîr derived from Primitive Quendian teñrā,[3] where an intermediate form appears to be tēra.[2]

There exists furthermore an additional entry on TEÑ in the Etymologies (for the sake of clarity, here called TEÑ2), yielding the derivatives Noldorin ("line, row"), tiwdi ("alphabet"), tær, taer ("straight"), and Quenya téma ("row, series, line"), tea ("straight line, road").[3][2]

Note that there also exists a root TEÑ, with a different signification, in the manuscript "Eldarin Roots and Stems".[1]

ten[edit | edit source]

The complexity of the root TEN is has been discussed at length by Patrick H. Wynne. A very late (ca. 1968) manuscript by Tolkien includes an almost identical rendering of √ten as given in the version from "Eldarin Roots and Stems" (that is, the version used as the first definition in this article), which, however, was changed to a √men (yielding different derivatives). An earlier manuscript (late 1950s or early 1960s) by Tolkien also contains a mention of a √ten-, having a similar (but not identical) description.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 187 (root appearing as "√TEN-")
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, pp. 17-18
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", pp. 391-2 (roots appearing as "TEƷ-" and "TEÑ"
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part Three" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 49, June 2007, pp. 23-24 (roots appearing as "√ten" and "√ten-")