tengwa

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Quenya[edit | edit source]

Noun[edit | edit source]

  1. tengwa "letter", one of the tengwar

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Cognates[edit | edit source]

Verb[edit | edit source]

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

Other forms[1][edit | edit source]

  • 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