Eldamo : Quenya : tar(a)

Q. tar(a) adv. “thither” (Category: That)

Q. tar(a), adv. “thither; ⚠️[ᴹQ.] beyond” (Category: That)

An (archaic?) word for “thither” appearing in a list of demonstratives from 1968, a combination of primitive ✶ta with the ancient allative suffix ✶-da (VT49/11). The short form tar was mentioned a few times in Tolkien’s earlier writings (PE19/104; Ety/TA).

References ✧ PE19/104; VT49/11

Glosses

“thither” ✧ PE19/104 (tar); VT49/11 (tăr)

Variations

tar ✧ PE19/104
tăr ✧ VT49/11
tăra ✧ VT49/11

sir(a) “hither” versus tar(a) “thither”

Elements

ta¹	“that, there”
#†-r²	“motion to or towards a point”

Derivations

< ✶tad(a) “thither, thereto, to that” ✧ PE19/104 (tad)

Phonetic Developments

✶tad > tar

[tad] > [tað] > [tar]

✧ PE19/104

ᴹQ. tar adv. “thither, beyond” (Category: That)

See Q. tar(a) for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/TA; LR/72; PE19/52; PE21/58

Glosses

“beyond” ✧ LR/72
“thither” ✧ Ety/TA; PE19/52; PE21/58

Elements

ta¹	“that, it”
#†-r²	“*archaic allative”

Element In

ᴹQ. enyáre tar i tyel, íre Anarinya qeluva “in that day beyond the end, when my Sun faileth” ✧ LR/72

Cognates

ON. tō “thither” ✧ PE21/58

Derivations

< ᴹ✶tad “thither” ✧ Ety/TA; PE19/52; PE21/58 (tā̆d)
- < ᴹ√TA “that” ✧ Ety/TA

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶tad > tar	[tad] > [tað] > [tar]	✧ Ety/TA
ᴹ✶tad > tar	[tad] > [tað] > [tar]	✧ PE19/52
ᴹ✶tā̆d > tar	[tad] > [tað] > [tar]	✧ PE21/58