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'''telpë''' or '''tyelpë''' is the [[Quenya]] word for ''[[silver]]''.
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'''''telpe'''''<ref name=L347/><ref name=UT6e/><ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, pp. 366-7</ref> (or '''''telpë'''''<ref name=SApp>{{S|Appendix}} (entry for ''celeb'')</ref>), '''''tyelpe'''''<ref name=L347>{{L|347}}, p. 426</ref><ref name=UT6e>{{UT|6e}}</ref><ref name=LR/> (or '''''tyelpë'''''<ref name=Shibb/>), '''''tyelep-'''''<ref name=UT6e/>, and '''''telep'''''<ref name=SApp/>, are [[Quenya]] words for "[[silver]]".
 
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
[[Primitive Quendian]] ''[[kyelepê]]'' "silver" from [[root]] [[KYELEP]]/TELEP


The Noldor seemed to prefer the Telerin word ''telpe'' "silver" instead the Quenya form ''tyelpë''<ref>{{HM|UT}} p. 266</ref>
In a letter, [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] stated that the form ''tyelpe'' derives from [[Primitive Elvish]] ''[[kyelepē]]''.<ref name=L347/>
 
It appears like ''tyelpe'' is the most ancient (or "pure") Quenya word for silver; the  form ''telpe'', which became the usual form among the Quenya-speaking [[Elves]], was borrowed from (or influenced by) [[Telerin]] ''[[telepi|telpe]]'' (itself apparently a later form of the original Telerin form ''[[telepi]]'').<ref name=L347/><ref name=UT6e/><ref name=Shibb>{{PM|Shibboleth}}, p. 356 (note 4)</ref><ref name=LR/>
 
[[Christopher Tolkien]] has noted that ''tyelep-'', ''tyelpe'' derive from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[KYELEP]].<ref name=UT6e/> In the ''[[The Etymologies|Etymologies]]'', ''telpe'', ''tyelpe'' derive from root [[KYELEP|KYELEP/TELEP]].<ref name=LR/>


==Cognates==
==Cognates==
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[celeb]]''.
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[celeb]]''
*[[Telerin]] ''[[telepi|telepi/telpe]]''
*[[Ilkorin]] ''[[telf]]''


==See also==
==See also==
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Revision as of 09:37, 9 November 2012

telpe[1][2][3] (or telpë[4]), tyelpe[1][2][3] (or tyelpë[5]), tyelep-[2], and telep[4], are Quenya words for "silver".

Etymology

In a letter, Tolkien stated that the form tyelpe derives from Primitive Elvish kyelepē.[1]

It appears like tyelpe is the most ancient (or "pure") Quenya word for silver; the form telpe, which became the usual form among the Quenya-speaking Elves, was borrowed from (or influenced by) Telerin telpe (itself apparently a later form of the original Telerin form telepi).[1][2][5][3]

Christopher Tolkien has noted that tyelep-, tyelpe derive from root KYELEP.[2] In the Etymologies, telpe, tyelpe derive from root KYELEP/TELEP.[3]

Cognates

See also

References