The Book of Lost Tales, Part 1 - J. R. R. Tolkien [165]
Tavrobel This is given in GL with the translation ‘wood-home’ (see Tavari). The element pel is said to be ‘usual only in such place-names as Tavrobel, and means ‘village, hamlet, -ham’. In a separate note elsewhere an additional Gnomish name Tavrost is given, and Qenya names Tavaros(së), Taurossë. Tavrost evidently contains rost ‘slope, hillside, ascent’, with associated words rosta ‘ascent’ (Rost’ aura ‘Sunrise’), ront ‘high, steep’, ascribed to a stem r, oro-. These are etymological variants of words given under Kalormë.
Telelli This term, which occurs once only in the Tales (p. 19), is obscure. In QL, in early entries, a complex of words is given all of which mean ‘little elf’: these include Teler and Telellë, and the adjectives telerëa and telella. There is no suggestion of any distinction between them. An isolated note states that young Elves of all clans who dwelt in Kôr to perfect their arts of singing and poetry were called Telelli; but in another place Telellin, a dialect, appears to be used instead of Telerin. See Teleri.
Teleri See Telelli. In GL appears Tilith ‘an elf, a member of the first of the three tribes of the fairies or Eldar; plural Tilthin’. The later meaning of Teleri, when it became the name of the Third Tribe, was already potentially present: QL gives a root TEL + U with derivatives telu- ‘to finish, end’, telu (noun), telwa ‘last, late’, with the suggestion that this was perhaps an extension of root TELE ‘cover in’ (see Telimektar). In GL these meanings ‘cover-in—close—finish’ are expressly assigned to the root TEL-: telm ‘roof, sky’, teloth ‘roofing, canopy, shelter’, telu- ‘to close, end, finish’, telu ‘end’.
Telimektar In QL Telimektar, Telimbektar is glossed ‘Orion, literally Swordsman of Heaven’, and is given under the root TELE ‘cover in’, together with tel ‘roof’, telda ‘having a roof’, telimbo ‘canopy; sky’, etc. -mektar probably derives from the root MAKA, see Makar. The Gnomish form is Telumaithar.
In the Valar name-list he is called also Taimondo. There are substantial notes on this name in both dictionaries, which appear to have been entered at the same time. In QL Taimondo and Taimordo, names of Telimektar, together with Taimë, Taimië ‘the sky’, were entered under the root TAHA (see Qalmë-Tári). The Gnomish equivalent is Daimord (dai, daimoth ‘sky, heaven’), who appears also in the GL entry concerning Inwë’s son Ingil (Gil, Sirius): he rose into the heavens in the likeness of a great bee and ‘followed Daimord’ (see Ingil). But the word mordo ‘warrior, hero’ in Qenya was actually a borrowing from Gnomish mord, and the true Quenya equivalent of mord was mavar ‘shepherd’—this being the original meaning of the Gnomish word also, which developed that of ‘man, warrior’ through its use in poetry after it had become obsolete in prose and speech. Thus Daimord originally meant ‘Shepherd of the Sky’, as did the original Qenya name Taimavar, altered under the influence of the Gnomish name to Taimondo, Taimordo.
Telimpë Not in QL Under root TELPE, which has however telempë=telpë ‘silver’. Gnomish words are celeb ‘silver’, celebrin ‘of silver’, Celebron, Celioth names of the Moon. See Ilasluntë.
Tevildo Given in QL under root TEFE (with derivatives teve- ‘to hate’, tevin, tevië ‘hatred’) and explained as ‘the Lord of Cats’ (see p. 47). The Gnomish form is Tifil, ‘Prince of Cats’.
Tilkal A name made up of the initial sounds of six names of metals (see p. 100 and footnote). For tambë ‘copper’ see Aulë, and for ilsa ‘silver’ see Ilasluntë. Latúken ‘tin’ is given as a separate entry in QL, with latukenda ‘of tin’ the Gnomish form is ladog. Kanu ‘lead’, kanuva ‘leaden’ are placed under a root KANA in QL. For anga ‘iron’ see Angamandi, and for laurë ‘gold’ see Laurelin.
Timpinen The name stands in QL as the only derivative of a root TIFI, but under root TIPI are given timpë ‘fine rain’, timpinë ‘spray’, etc. See Tinfang.