ᴹQ. tinga- v. (weak-verb) “to twang” (Category: Harp, Lute)
A verb appearing as tinga- “twang” in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed derived from the onomatopoeic root ᴹ√TING or ᴹ√TANG (Ety/TING). The Quenya Verbal System (QVS) of 1948 instead had tanga- with past forms tange or tangane “twanged”, derived from ᴹ√TAÑ.
Neo-Quenya: In a 2025-01-30 post to the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), Luinyelle suggested this verb might also mean “*ping” in the modern internet sense, as in tinganel nin “you pinged me”.
References ✧ Ety/TING; PE22/103
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| tangane | past | ✧ PE22/103 | |
| †tange | past; strong-past | “twanged” | ✧ PE22/103 |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√TING > tinga- | [tiŋga-] | ✧ Ety/TING |
| ᴹ√TAÑ > taŋŋē > †tange | [taŋŋē] > [taŋgē] > [taŋge] | ✧ PE22/103 |