-t
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-t is a Quenya suffix that has three meanings.
-t1[edit | edit source]
Used as a dual ending, denoting a pair of something, e.g. máryat ("her [pair of] hands").[1]
-t2[edit | edit source]
A pronominal ending meaning "them", seen in the word laituvalmet ("we shall bless them"). Also independent word te, like in a laita të ("praise them").[2]
-t3[edit | edit source]
Used as a reduced pronominal affix of the 2nd person, "you" (singular). Found in heca ("be gone, stand aside"): hecat (singular) and hecal (plural).[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 75, 76
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 230, (dated 8 June 1961), p. 308 (Tolkien translates the Praises of Cormallen)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: A. The principal linguistic elements concerned", p. 364
