12.26 to Cover
- ᴹQ. telme n. “hood, covering”
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A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as {telma >>} telme “hood, covering” derived from primitive ᴹ✶telmā̆/ē̆ under the root ᴹ√TEL(U) (Ety/TEL; EtyAC/TEL).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. telin (telimb-) “roof, covering” under the early root ᴱ√TELE “cover in” (QL/90).
- ᴹQ. telta- v. “to canopy, overshadow, screen”
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A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “to canopy, overshadow, screen” and derived from the root ᴹ√TEL(U) (Ety/TEL).
- Q. tup- v. “to cover, [ᴱQ.] put a lid on, put hat on, ⚠️roof”
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A verb appearing as an element in untup- “cover over/down”, so likely “*cover”, based on the root √TUP of similarly meaning (PE17/73).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. tupu- “roof, put lid on, put hat on, cover” under the early root ᴱ√TUPU (QL/95). Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s had ᴱQ. tump- “cover”, probably of similar derivation. The Etymologies of the 1930s instead had ᴹQ. tope “covers” under the root ᴹ√TOP “cover, roof” (Ety/TOP). It seems that by the time The Lord of the Rings was finished, Tolkien had reverted to √TUP “cover”.
- ᴱQ. túpo n. “cover, lid, ⚠️roof”
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A word appearing as ᴱQ. tūpo “roof, cover, lid” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√TUPU having to do with things covered (QL/95).
Neo-Quenya: Since √TUP “cover over” survives in Tolkien’s later writings, I would retain the noun ᴺQ. túpo for purposes of Neo-Quenya, but only for the senses “cover, lid”. For “roof” I would use telumë or [ᴹQ.] tópa.
- Q. untup- v. “to cover (over or up), lie as a covering upon, (lit.) to cover down”
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A verb appearing in the Namárië poem (LotR/377; RGEO/58), a combination of un- “down” and tup- “cover” (PE17/73). The poem translates this word as “covers”, but notes elsewhere indicate the actual meaning is “lies as a covering upon” (PE17/73).
- G. telt n. “lid”
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A noun for “lid” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s based on the early root ᴱ√tel- “cover in; close; finish” (GL/70).
Neo-Sindarin: The roots √TEL “close, complete” and √TELU “roof in” survive in Tolkien’s later writings, so I’d retain ᴺS. telt “lid” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin.
- N. toba- v. “to cover, roof over”
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A verb appearing in its [Noldorin] infinitive form tobo “to cover, roof over” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√TOP “cover, roof” (Ety/TOP; EtyAC/TOP).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. tub- “cover” (GL/71) clearly based on the early root ᴱ√TUPU (QL/095).