tengwa

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Quenya

Noun

  1. tengwa "letter", one of the tengwar

Etymology

Cognates

Verb

  1. tengwa "to read written matter"[1]

Other forms[1]

  • tengwa "reads"
  • tengwëa "is reading"
  • tengwane pa.t. "read"
  • etengwie "has read"

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Five Late Quenya Volitive Inscriptions" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 49, June 2007, pp. 48, 54 note 13