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TIR is an Elvish root signifying "watch, observe",[1] "to look at (towards), watch, watch over",[2] or "watch, guard"[3].
Derivatives
Other versions of the Legendarium
The Qenya Lexicon includes the stem TIRI, with the Qenya derivative tiri- ("watch; keep, guard, preserve, look at, gaze at, observe").[4]
See also
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. 187 (root appearing as √TIR)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Notes and Translations", in The Road Goes Ever On (J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Swann), p. 73 (root appearing as TIR)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 394 (root appearing as TIR-)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne)