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'''''tinco''''' is a noun meaning "metal" in [[Quenya]]. | '''''tinco''''' is a noun meaning "metal" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="Names">{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters''</ref> | ||
[[Image:Tinco.gif]]''Tinco'' is also the name of the | [[Image:Tinco.gif|left]]''Tinco'' is also the name in Quenya of the first letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref name="Names"/> It is the first letter of the first grade or [[Tyellë]], which contains "voiceless stops" and it is the first letter in the dental or ''t''-series of consonants, the ''[[Tincotéma]]''. In all modes ''Tinco'' represents '''T'''.<ref>{{App|Letters}}</ref> The Westron name for this letter is '''''Tó'''''.<ref>See [[Westron Tengwar]]</ref> | ||
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The word derives from the [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|root]] [[TINKŌ]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, TINKŌ -</ref> | |||
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* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 09:16, 9 November 2012
tinco is a noun meaning "metal" in Quenya.[1]
Tinco is also the name in Quenya of the first letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[1] It is the first letter of the first grade or Tyellë, which contains "voiceless stops" and it is the first letter in the dental or t-series of consonants, the Tincotéma. In all modes Tinco represents T.[2] The Westron name for this letter is Tó.[3]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word derives from the Primitive Quendian root TINKŌ.[4]
See Also[edit | edit source]
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Fauskanger
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The names of the letters
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters"
- ↑ See Westron Tengwar
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", TINKŌ -
