tië (pl. tier) is a Quenya word meaning "path; road, way; course, line, direction".[1][2][3]
Etymology
The word derives from Primitive Quendian teȝē, from root TEȜ. Note that this stem was changed by Tolkien to TEÑ.[3]
Examples
- ilyëtier undulávë lumbulë = "all paths are drowned deep in shadow"
- Anar kaluva tielyanna = "The Sun will shine upon your path"
Inspiration
The word appears to be a direct loan from Finnish tie ("road, way").[4]
Other versions of the legendarium
In the Qenya Lexicon appears the Qenya word tie ("line, direction, route, road").[5]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Swann, The Road Goes Ever On, "Namárië" (HarperCollins 2002; pp. 23, 67; forms: tier/tiër)
- ↑ 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. 73 (forms: tie/tier; tië/tiër)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 391 (form: tie)
- ↑ Harri Perälä, "Are High Elves Finno-Ugric?" (see especially the chapter "Vocabulary"), dated 7 May 2005, at Studies on the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien (accessed 13 June 2011)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne)