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'''''tir-''''' is a [[Quenya]] prefix meaning "watch, guard, heed". Compare with the [[Sindarin]] noun ''[[tirith]]''.
'''''tir-''''' is a [[Quenya]] verb meaning "watch, guard, heed". Compare with the [[Sindarin]] noun ''[[tirith]]''.


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* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]]
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]]


[[Category: Quenya affixes]]
[[Category: Quenya verbs]]

Revision as of 22:04, 14 January 2011

tir- is a Quenya verb meaning "watch, guard, heed". Compare with the Sindarin noun tirith.

Examples:

  • palantíri = "Watch Far and Wide" (colloquially translated as "Seeing-stones")
  • Tirion = "[City of] the Watchers"

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