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ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] tiura adj. “compact” (Category: Thick (in Density))

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] tiura, adj. “compact” (Category: Thick (in Density)): ᴱQ. tyúrë “stout, dense, compact”

See ᴱQ. tiure for discussion.

Derivations

< ᴹ√TIW “fat, thick”

ᴱQ. tiure (tiuri-) adj. “compact” (Category: Thick (in Density))

The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had the adjective ᴱQ. tiure “compact” under the early root ᴱ√TIW̯I “thick” (QL/93). Elsewhere under the related root form ᴱ√TYU Tolkien instead had ᴱQ. tiura ending in an a (QL/50).

Neo-Quenya: Since ᴹ√TIW “fat, thick” survived in Tolkien’s later writings, I would retain this adjective, but would use ᴺQ. tiura “compact” since adjectives more frequently end in a.

References ✧ QL/50, 93

Glosses

“compact” ✧ QL/93

Variations

tiure ✧ QL/93
tiura ✧ QL/50

tyūka “thick” cp. tiura ✧ QL/50

Inflections

tiuri-

stem

✧ QL/93

Derivations

< ᴱ√TIW̯I “thick” ✧ QL/93

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√TIW̯I > tiure

[tiwri] > [tiwre] > [tiure]

✧ QL/93