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ᴱQ. tyé n. “tea” (Category: Food (Other))

⚠️ᴱQ. tyé, n. “tea” (Category: Food (Other))
ᴺQ. !yullas “tea”

A word for “tea” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, clearly a loan word from some mortal language, though the path of transmission isn’t clear (QL/49). European words for “tea” are generally based on either Mandarin ch’a via Portuguese or Amoy t’e (a Chinese dialect) via Dutch, becoming in English “chai” or “tea” respectively.

Reference ✧ QL/49 ✧ “tea”