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1 INADEQUATE
penya (pl. penyë is attested) (lacking). INADEQUATE SIGN \#penya tengwe (only pl. penyë tengwi is attested). This term, also translated "lacking signs", was used in early Elvish analysis of Quenya as the term for vowels with no preceding consonant, held (in many cases incorrectly) to have lost such a consonant. –VT39:6, 8 -
2 LACKING
(adj.) penya (pl. penyë is attested) (inadequate). LACKING SIGN \#penya tengwe (only pl. penyë tengwi is attested). This term, also translated "indadequate signs", was used in early Elvish analysis of Quenya as the term for vowels with no preceding consonant, held (in many cases incorrectly) to have lost such a consonant. –VT39:6, 8
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