Quettaparma Quenyanna

-TON (reduced form of "town" in names) –mas (-by) –LT1:251

TONGUE (physical tongue:) lamba, (language:) lambë, quetil (the latter also = "talk" or "language"). (In LT2:339, it is said that lambë covers both "physical tongue" and "speech", but Tolkien later thought better of that. WJ:394 states that in non-technical use, lambë was the normal word for "language"; only the Loremasters used the technical term tengwesta instead.) LOREMASTER OF TONGUES #Lambengolmo (only pl Lambengolmor is attested, in VT48:6 also translated "linguistic loremasters"). USE TONGUE, see TALK. –LAB/LotR:1157/WJ:394, 396, KWET/VT45:25, VT48:6

TOO (= overly, excessively, as in "too big") acca –PE13:108

TOOL tamma, carma (weapon). Note: carma may also mean “helmet”. Also see IMPLEMENT. –PE17:108, 114

TOOTH nelet (nelc-), also nelcë; carca (fang, tusk); ROW OF TEETH carcanë (LT2 has carcassë, carcaras "row of spikes or teeth".) –NÉL-EK/VT46:3, KARAK/LT2:344

TOP inga (referring "primarily to position and could be used of tops relatively broad". Note: a homophone means "first"). MOUNTAIN-TOP orotinga; TREE-TOP aldinga –VT47:28

TOPMOST PINNACLE see FINISH.

TORMENT (vb) nwalya-. (Though spelt this way also in Etym, nwalya- must be from older *ngwalya, for the stem is ÑGWAL. In Tengwar spelling, the letter nwalmë (< older ngwalmë) should be used to transcribe the initial nw of nwalya.) TORMENT (noun) nwalmë (older [MET] ngwalmë), angaitya –LotR:1157 cf. ÑGWAL; LT1:249

TORTURE ungwalë; ("Qenya" also:) malcanë, valcanë –ÑGWAL, LT1:250

TOUCH appa- ("to touch" in a literal sense), #ap- (given as aorist stem apë) figurative "to touch (one)" = "concern, affect". TOUCHING pa, pá (as regards, concerning) –VT44:26

TOUGH norna (stiff), tarya (stiff) –WJ:413, TÁRAG

TOWARDS ana, na, an (for); (prefix:) ana- (to). Very often, Quenya would use the allative case in -nna to express “towards”. –NĀ

TOWER mindon (also translated "Lofty Tower"; allative pl mindonnar or mindoninnar is attested) (turret), mindo (=isolated tower), tirion (= watchtower; also defined as "a mighty tower, a city on a hill), tirin (= tall tower; Note: a homophone means "I watch") See also TOWN WITH WALLS AND TOWERS. –LT2:346/MC:222, MINI, LT1:258, TIR

TOWN osto (= town with wall) (city), opelë (walled village/house), irin; TOWN WITH WALLS AND TOWERS tirios (prob. tiriost-), TOWNSHIP ostar –OS, PEL(ES), LT1:258, LT2:343, 336

TRADE (vb) manca-, TRADESMAN macar –MBAKH

TRAILING sóra (long) –LT2:344

TRANSPARENCE liquis, TRANSPARENCY – the word vírin is defined as "a magic glassy substance of great lucency used in fashoning the Moon. Used of things of great and pure transparency." –LT1:262, LT2:339

TRAVEL lelya- (pa.t. lendë) (go, proceed) –WJ:363

TREASURE harma, harwë (both words also used of a single treasured thing), foa, mírë (jewel, precious thing); TREASURY harwë (also used = treasure). –3AR/LotR:1157, LT2:340, MIR

TREE alda (gen.pl. aldaron is attested), ornë (= high, isolated tree), taulë (= great tree). HAVING TREES, TREE-GROWN aldarwa, TREE-TOP aldinga, TREE-SHADOWED aldëa, AVENUE OF TREES aldëon; LORD OF TREES Aldaron (a name of Oromë) –GALAD/Nam/LotR:1147/1157/VT39:7, VT47:28, OR-NI/LotR:488 cf. Letters:308, LT1:267, LT1:249, Silm:32, 378

TRESPASS (noun) #úcarë (isolated from úcaremmar "our sins/trespasses"; verb úcar- "to sin, trespass" (pl. aorist úcarer, úcarir attested). The noun #úcarë was the word used in Tolkien's final version of the Quenya Lord's Prayer; a draft version has #rohta (pl. rohtar) = "trespass" or "debt". Compare TRESPASSERS #rohtalië or #ruhtalië (i.e. "trespass-people", incorporating lië "people"?) from the same source. For other words for "trespasser" or "debtor", see DEBTOR. –VT43:19, 21

TRESS findë (lock of hair) (probably obsoleting findil in LT2) –SPIN, LT2:341

TRIANGLE neltil (stem neltild-, as in pl. neltildi), nasta (spear-head/spear-point, gore) –TIL, SNAS, VT46:14

TRIBE hostar –LT2:340; the conceptual validity of this "Qenya" word may be questioned, since in later Quenya it looks like the pl. form of hosta "large number"

TRICK (noun) rinca (twitch, jerk, sudden move) –VT46:11 cf. RIK(H)

TRIM netya- (adorn). (Note: netya- is also an adj. "pretty, dainty".) –VT47:33

TRINITY Neldië –VT44:17

TRINKET (small thing of personal adornment) netil –VT47:33

TRIUMPH – CRY OF TRIUMPH yello (call, shout) –GYEL, VT45:16

TROOP hossë (army, band) –LT2:340

TROTH vérë (bond, compact, oath) –WED

TRUE naitë, nanwa (existing, actual), anwa (real, actual), sanda (firm, abiding). For "true" = "faithful", see FAITHFUL. –VT49:28, 30, ANA, STAN

TRUMP hyóla –SD:419

TRUMPET (see also TRUMP) romba (horn), tumbë; TRUMPET-SOUND róma (loud sound) (Note: róma means "shoulder" in one of Tolkien's early "Qenya" lexicons.) –WJ:400/ROM, LT1:269

TRUNCATED ARM OR BRANCH, see STUB, STUMP

TRUST (noun) estel (hope) –MR:320

TRY nev- –PE17:167 (Tolkien in the source expresses uncertainty as to whether this word should be adopted or not)