Q. téma n. “series” (Category: Line)
@@@ problems with later derivations from √TEG, because Tolkien kept vacillating on the development of gm, but usually had gm > ŋm > ngw, so that teg-mā > tengwa, not téma.
References ✧ LotR/1118; PE17/122; PE18/104; PE19/82, 97
Glosses
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Inflections
témar | plural | “series” | ✧ LotR/1118 |
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Phonetic Developments
✶teʒmā > tēma | [teɣmā] > [tēmā] > [tēma] | ✧ PE18/104 |
✶teŋ-mā > †tę̄ma | [teŋmā] > [tēmā] > [tēma] | ✧ PE19/82 |
✶tegma > teñma > tę̄ma > tēma | [tegma] > [teŋma] > [tēma] | ✧ PE19/97 |