Q. tengwë n. “sign, token, indication; writing” (Category: to Write)

Q. tengwë, n. “sign, token, indication; writing; ⚠️[ᴱQ.] knowledge, understanding; idea, notion, thought” (Category: to Write)

References ✧ PE19/86; PE21/82; VT39/4-5, 7-8, 16-17; WJ/394-396

Glosses

• “indication, sign, token” ✧ VT39/4; WJ/394
• “sign” ✧ VT39/7
• “sign, token” ✧ VT39/17 (teñgwe)
• “writing” ✧ PE21/82 (teñgwe)
• “writing, grammar” ✧ PE19/86 (tengwe)

Variations

• tengwe ✧ VT39/4; VT39/5; VT39/7; WJ/394; WJ/396; PE19/86 (tengwe)
• teñgwe ✧ PE21/82; VT39/16; VT39/17

Related

• sarmë “writing”
• tengwa is a written representation of a spoken tengwe ✧ WJ/396

Inflections

tengwi	plural	“signs”	✧ VT39/4; VT39/5; WJ/395
tengwi	plural		✧ VT39/8; WJ/394
teñgwi	plural		✧ VT39/16; VT39/16

Element In

• ᴺQ. !calatengwë “photograph, (lit.) light-writing”
• ᴺQ. !nwátengwë “irony, (lit.) disguise-token”
• ᴺQ. !tengwelanga “transcription”
• Q. tengwelë “language (general term)” ✧ VT39/15 (teñgwele)
• Q. tengwesta “grammar, morphology, system or code of signs, collection of matter concerning writing, *language structure” ✧ PE21/82 (teñgwesta); VT39/15 (teñgwesta); WJ/394
• Q. #lambetengwë “consonant” ✧ VT39/16 (lambeteñgwi)
• Q. #náva-tengwë “consonant” ✧ VT39/8 (ñáva-tengwi)
• Q. #óma-tengwë “vowel-sign” ✧ VT39/8 (óma-tengwi); VT39/16 (ómateñgwi)
• Q. #pávatengwë “consonant” ✧ VT39/19 (pávatengwi)

Derivations

• < ✶teñwe “sign, token, indication” ✧ VT39/4 (teñgwe); VT39/17 (teñ-we); WJ/394 (tenwe)
  • < √TEÑ “indicate, signify, show, represent, betoken, mark, to point at” ✧ VT39/4 (TEÑE); VT39/15; WJ/394
• < ✶tekmē “writing, grammar” ✧ PE19/86 (tekmē)
  • < √TEK “make a written mark, sign, write” ✧ PE19/86 (TEK)

Phonetic Developments

✶tekmē > tengwe	[tekmē] > [tegmē] > [teŋmē] > [teŋgwē] > [teŋgwe]	✧ PE19/86
✶teñgwe > tengwe	[teŋwe] > [teŋgwe]	✧ VT39/4
✶teñ-we > teñgwe	[teŋwe] > [teŋgwe]	✧ VT39/17
✶tenwe > tengwe	[teŋwe] > [teŋgwe]	✧ WJ/394

ᴹQ. tengwe n. “writing” (Category: to Write)

References ✧ Ety/TEK; EtyAC/TEK; PE21/57; PE22/22

Glosses

• “writing” ✧ Ety/TEK; PE21/57

Changes

• tengwe »» tengwe; derivation corrected from TEK to tekme ✧ EtyAC/TEK

Element In

• ᴹQ. Tengwesser “Letter-names” ✧ PE22/22
• ᴹQ. tengwesta “grammar; collection of writing” ✧ Ety/TEK; PE21/57

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶tekmē “letter, symbol, writing” ✧ EtyAC/TEK (tekme)
  • < ᴹ√TEK “write or draw (signs or letters), make a mark” ✧ Ety/TEK; Ety/TEK

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶tekme > tengwe

[tekme] > [tegme] > [teŋme] > [teŋgwe]

✧ Ety/TEK

ᴱQ. tengwe n. “knowledge, understanding; idea, notion, thought” (Category: Idea, Notion)

References ✧ PE16/145; PME/91; QL/70, 91

Glosses

• “idea, notion, thought” ✧ PE16/145
• “knowledge” ✧ PME/91
• “knowledge, understanding” ✧ QL/91

Variations

• tengwe ✧ PE16/145; PME/91; QL/91; QL/70 (#tengwe)
• tingwe ✧ PE16/145

Element In

• ᴱQ. omotengwe “omniscience” ✧ QL/70
• ᴱQ. tengwele “sense” ✧ QL/91
• ᴱQ. tengwet(ta) “idea, notion” ✧ QL/91 (tengwet)

Derivations

• < ᴱ√TEŊE “know, understand” ✧ QL/91
• < ᴱQ. tengwe “knowledge, understanding; idea, notion, thought” ✧ PE16/145

Derivatives

• > ᴱQ. tengwe “knowledge, understanding; idea, notion, thought” ✧ PE16/145

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√TEŊE > tengwe

[teŋwē] > [teŋwe] > [teŋgwe]

✧ QL/91