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Pronunciation
tyelpeteh'ma (where 'ty' is a single sound, similar to 'ch', as at the beginning of British English tune)
Meaning
'silver-series'1

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Tyelpetéma

The ‘Silver-series’

The témar of the Tengwar

'tyelpetéma'

The word tyelpetéma in tengwar of the Quenya mode.2 The first character, equivalent to 'tyë', is a palatal of the tyelpetéma series.

One of the témar or sound-series of the tengwar as used to represent the sounds of the Quenya language.

The tyelpetéma appears to have been unique; while each of the other four series consisted of a set of six individual 'letters', the palatal sounds of the tyelpetéma were formed by adding a mark of two dots beneath another character, as in the example above.3 This is the equivalent of adding a 'y' after the letter in English to form a single distinct consonant sound. To use Tolkien's own example from Appendix E to The Lord of the Rings, the sound 'ty' here has the same sound as the initial consonant in the (British) pronunciation of the English word 'tune' - something close to, but distinct from, 'ch'.


Notes

1

The choice of the Quenya word for 'silver', tyelpë, is for purely phonetic reasons: it happens to start with a palatal sound, 'ty', that belongs to this series.

2

Replicating a specific 'mode' of tengwar is extremely difficult, and this transcription is necessarily approximate. The difficulties are particularly acute in this case because examples of 'true' Quenya are extremely rare: most of Tolkien's transcriptions to tengwar are from Sindarin, English or, in the unique case of the Ring inscription, the Black Speech.

3

In fact Tolkien tells us that this was the 'usual' method of marking a palatised sound, not the only means of doing so. We are given no hint, though, as to what other methods may have been used. (The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E (i), The Fëanorian Letters).

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Tyelpetéma

The ‘Silver-series’

Pronunciation
tyelpeteh'ma (where 'ty' is a single sound, similar to 'ch', as at the beginning of British English tune)
Meaning
'silver-series'1

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 3 October 1998
  • This entry is complete

Tyelpetéma

The ‘Silver-series’

The témar of the Tengwar

'tyelpetéma'

The word tyelpetéma in tengwar of the Quenya mode.2 The first character, equivalent to 'tyë', is a palatal of the tyelpetéma series.

One of the témar or sound-series of the tengwar as used to represent the sounds of the Quenya language.

The tyelpetéma appears to have been unique; while each of the other four series consisted of a set of six individual 'letters', the palatal sounds of the tyelpetéma were formed by adding a mark of two dots beneath another character, as in the example above.3 This is the equivalent of adding a 'y' after the letter in English to form a single distinct consonant sound. To use Tolkien's own example from Appendix E to The Lord of the Rings, the sound 'ty' here has the same sound as the initial consonant in the (British) pronunciation of the English word 'tune' - something close to, but distinct from, 'ch'.


Notes

1

The choice of the Quenya word for 'silver', tyelpë, is for purely phonetic reasons: it happens to start with a palatal sound, 'ty', that belongs to this series.

2

Replicating a specific 'mode' of tengwar is extremely difficult, and this transcription is necessarily approximate. The difficulties are particularly acute in this case because examples of 'true' Quenya are extremely rare: most of Tolkien's transcriptions to tengwar are from Sindarin, English or, in the unique case of the Ring inscription, the Black Speech.

3

In fact Tolkien tells us that this was the 'usual' method of marking a palatised sound, not the only means of doing so. We are given no hint, though, as to what other methods may have been used. (The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E (i), The Fëanorian Letters).

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 3 October 1998
  • This entry is complete

For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page.

Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ.

Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.
Take the FREE myDISCprofile personality test to discover your core personality and your ideal job.