Q. tindómë n. “(starry) twilight, (usually) time near dawn” (Category: Dawn)
A word for “twilight” that “most often referred to the time near [preceding] dawn” appearing in The Lord of the Rings appendices and contrasted with undómë for the twilight of dusk (LotR/1111). In The Etymologies of the 1930s ᴹQ. tindóme was glossed “starry twilight” or “starlit dusk” as a combination of ᴹ√TIN “sparkle” with ᴹ✶dōmi “twilight” (Ety/DOMO, TIN).
References ✧ LotR/1111; NM/280; SA/tin
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| tinwë | “spark, [apparent] star” | ||
| lómë | “night, dimness, twilight, dusk, darkness” | ||
| ✶dōmē | “night, twilight” | ✧ NM/279 | |
| √TIN | “sparkle, spark” | ✧ SA/tin | |
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ᴹQ. tindóme n. “(starry) twilight, starlit dusk” (Category: Dawn)
References ✧ Ety/DOMO, TIN
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| ᴹ√TIN | “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” | ✧ Ety/DOMO; Ety/TIN |
| ᴹ✶dōmi | “night, twilight, gloom” | ✧ Ety/DOMO |
| ᴹ√DOM | “faint, dim” | ✧ Ety/TIN |
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