tengwa

[edit] Quenya

[edit] Noun

1. tengwa "letter", one of the tengwar

[edit] Etymology

• teñmâ < Root TEÑ

[edit] Cognates

• Sindarin têw

[edit] Verb

1. tengwa "to read written matter"^[1]

[edit] Other forms^[1]

• tengwa "reads"
• tengwëa "is reading"
• tengwane pa.t. "read"
• etengwie "has read"

[edit] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} J.R.R. Tolkien, "Five Late Quenya Volitive Inscriptions" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 49, June 2007, pp. 48, 54 note 13