S. têw n. “letter” (Category: Letter of the Alphabet)

S. têw, n. “letter” (Category: Letter of the Alphabet)

References ✧ Let/427; LotR/305, 1117; PE17/43-44, 122; PE22/149; WJ/396

Glosses

• “letter” ✧ PE17/43 (tēw); PE17/44 (tew)
• “letters” ✧ PE17/44 (tew)

Variations

• têw ✧ WJ/396; PE17/44 (têw)
• tēw ✧ PE17/43; PE17/44; PE17/44; PE17/44; PE17/122; PE17/44 (tēw)
• tew ✧ PE17/44; PE17/44
• tîw ✧ PE22/149; PE17/44 (tîw)

Changes

• têw >> tew “letters” ✧ PE17/44
• tîw >> tiw ✧ PE17/44
• tēw >> tew “letter” ✧ PE17/44

Inflections

thiw	nasal-mutation plural; t-mutation	“signs”	✧ LotR/305
thiw	nasal-mutation plural; t-mutation	“letters”	✧ PE17/44
thiw	nasal-mutation plural; t-mutation		✧ PE17/44
thîw	nasal-mutation plural; t-mutation		✧ Let/427
Tîw	plural	“letters”	✧ LotR/1117
tiw	plural		✧ PE17/44
tiw	plural	“letters”	✧ PE17/44
tîw	plural		✧ PE17/44; PE17/122; WJ/396
tīw	plural		✧ PE17/43
dew	soft-mutation; t-mutation	“letter”	✧ PE17/44

Element In

• S. Celebrimbor o Eregion teithant i thiw hin “Celebrimbor of Hollin drew these signs” ✧ LotR/305; PE17/40

Cognates

• Q. tengwa “(written) letter; sign, token, indicator” ✧ LotR/1117 (Tengwar); PE17/43; PE17/44; PE17/44; PE17/44; PE17/122 (tengwar); PE17/122; WJ/396

Derivations

• < ✶teñwā “letter, sign, token” ✧ PE17/44 (teñwa); PE17/44 (teñwa); PE22/149 (teŋmā)
  • < teiw < teñwa ✧ PE17/44
  • < tēwa < teñwa ✧ PE17/44
  • < tēwa < teŋwā < teŋmā ✧ PE22/149
  • < √TEÑ “indicate, signify, show, represent, betoken, mark, to point at” ✧ PE17/44; PE17/44; PE17/44 (TEWE); PE19/97; PE22/149 (TEŊ)
• < ✶tekmā “letter” ✧ PE17/43; PE17/43 (tekmāi); PE17/44 (tek-mā); PE17/44 (tekma); PE17/44 (teñmi)
  • < teŋw < tegmā < tekmā ✧ PE17/43
  • < tiŋw < tekmī < tekmāi ✧ PE17/43
  • < teŋ̃ma < tekma ✧ PE17/44
  • < tiñm(i) < teñmi ✧ PE17/44
  • < √TEK “make a written mark, sign, write” ✧ PE17/43; PE17/44

Phonetic Developments

✶tekmā > tegmā > teŋw > tēw	[tekmā] > [tegmā] > [tegma] > [teŋma] > [teŋwa] > [tēwa] > [tēw]	✧ PE17/43
✶tekmāi > tekmī > tiŋw > tīw	[tekmāi] > [tekmī] > [tegmī] > [tegmi] > [teŋmi] > [tiŋmi] > [tiŋwi] > [tīwi] > [tīw]	✧ PE17/43
✶tek-mā > tew	[tekmā] > [tegmā] > [tegma] > [teŋma] > [teŋwa] > [tēwa] > [tēw]	✧ PE17/44
✶teñwa > teiw > tew	[teŋwa] > [tēwa] > [tēw]	✧ PE17/44
✶tekma > teŋ̃ma > tēw	[tekmā] > [tegmā] > [tegma] > [teŋma] > [teŋwa] > [tēwa] > [tēw]	✧ PE17/44
✶teñmi > tiñm(i) > tîw	[tekmī] > [tegmī] > [tegmi] > [teŋmi] > [tiŋmi] > [tiŋwi] > [tīwi] > [tīw]	✧ PE17/44
✶teñwa > tēwa > tēw	[teŋwa] > [tēwa] > [tēw]	✧ PE17/44
✶teŋmā > teŋwā > tēwa > tîw	[teŋmā] > [teŋma] > [teŋwa] > [tēwa] ? [tīwa] > [tīw]	✧ PE22/149

N. tew n. “letter” (Category: Letter of the Alphabet)

References ✧ Ety/TEK; PE22/31; TI/182

Glosses

• “letter” ✧ Ety/TEK (tîw); PE22/31

Variations

• tew ✧ PE22/31
• tîw ✧ Ety/TEK

Changes

• ndíw >> thíw “signs” ✧ TI/182

Inflections

ndíw	nasal-mutation plural; nd-mutation		✧ TI/182
thíw	nasal-mutation plural; t-mutation	“signs”	✧ TI/182
dew	soft-mutation; t-mutation		✧ PE22/31

Element In

• N. tiwdi “alphabet”
• N. Celebrimbor o Eregion teithant i thíw thin “Celebrimbor of Hollin drew these signs” ✧ TI/182

Cognates

• ᴹQ. tengwa “letter; writing, grammar” ✧ Ety/TEK; PE22/31
• ON. tegma “letter” ✧ PE22/31

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶tekmē “letter, symbol, writing” ✧ Ety/TEK
  • < ᴹ√TEK “write or draw (signs or letters), make a mark” ✧ Ety/TEK; Ety/TEK
• < ON. tegma “letter” ✧ PE22/31
  • < teiw < tegma ✧ PE22/31
  • < ᴹ✶tekmā “writing, grammar”
    • < ᴹ√TEK “write or draw (signs or letters), make a mark” ✧ Ety/TEK; PE19/43

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶tekmē > tîw	[tekmē] > [tegmē] > [tegme] > [teŋme] > [teime] ? [tīme] > [tīm] > [tīv] > [tīw]	✧ Ety/TEK
ON. tegma > teiw > tew	[tegma] > [teŋma] > [teima] > [teim] > [teiv] > [teiw] > [tew]	✧ PE22/31