Eldamo : Middle Quenya : neltil

ᴹQ. neltil (neltild-) n. “triangle” (Category: Angle, Corner)

ᴹQ. neltil (neltild-), n. “triangle” (Category: Angle, Corner)

A word for “triangle” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of ᴹ√NEL “three” and ᴹ√TIL “point” (Ety/NEL, TIL).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. neldenelqa “square, quadrilateral” (lit. “four-cornered”), since in this document ᴱQ. nelde meant “four” (QL/65).

References ✧ Ety/NEL, TIL

Glosses

“triangle” ✧ Ety/TIL

Variations

neltil ✧ Ety/TIL

ᴺQ. !cantil “quadrangle, *quadrilateral, rectangle, square” cf. neltil “triangle”

Inflections

neltildi	plural	“triangle”	✧ Ety/NEL
neltildi	plural		✧ Ety/TIL

Elements

nel-	“tri-”	✧ Ety/NEL
tilde	“spike, horn”	✧ Ety/TIL

ᴹ√TIL	“point, horn”	✧ Ety/NEL
ᴹ√NEL	“three”	✧ Ety/TIL

Cognates

N. nelthil “triangle” ✧ Ety/NEL; Ety/TIL

ᴱQ. neldenelqa n. “square, quadrilateral” (Category: Square)

See ᴹQ. neltil for discussion.

Reference ✧ QL/65 ✧ “square, quadrilateral”

Elements

nelde	“three; four”	✧ QL/65 (‽nelde)
nelqa	“cornered”	✧ QL/65