Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : TṆTṆ

ᴱ√TṆTṆ root. “*bounce”

⚠️ᴱ√TṆTṆ root. “*bounce”

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “bounce”, with derivatives like ᴱQ. tanta- “bounce, bound, rebound”, and ᴱQ. tantl “shuttle” (QL/93-94). It also had derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon like G. tanta “a dance” and G. tinta- “dance” (GL/69-70). The verb ᴱQ. tanta- “bounce” also appeared in the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s with the same derivation, along with other verbs like ᴱQ. tantilta- “hop” and ᴱQ. tantya- “set bouncing” (PE14/58). In much later writings from around 1968, Q. tanta- was given the gloss “to play a harp” (VT41/10).

Reference ✧ QL/93

Derivatives

> ᴱ✶tṇt- “to bounce”
- > ᴱQ. tanta-¹ “to bounce, bound, rebound” ✧ PE14/58; PE14/58; PE14/58
  - ⇒ [see above]
> ᴱQ. tanta-¹ “to bounce, bound, rebound” ✧ QL/93; QL/93
- ⇒ ᴱQ. tanta(ra) “bouncing, resilient” ✧ QL/94
> ᴱQ. tanta-² “to dance (tr.), dandle, wave” ✧ QL/94
- ⇒ ᴱQ. tantare “dance”
> ᴱQ. tantila- “to hop”
> ᴱQ. tantilta- “[unglossed]”
> ᴱQ. tantl “shuttle” ✧ QL/93
> ᴱQ. tantya- “to set bouncing”
> G. tanta “a dance”
> G. tinta- “to dance”