AT. [ln] became [ll]; [ln] > [ll]

AT. [j] was lost after initial dental; [{ttʰdnl}j-] > [{ttʰdnl}-]

At various points Tolkien indicated that initial palatalized dentals (those with an additional y-sound) lost their palatalization and became simple dentals in the Telerin language family. The clearest description of this change is from a discussion of the development of primitive initial combinations in the Comparative Tables of the 1930s:

Another Sindarin Phonetic post:

AT. labialized velars became labials; [kw|kʰw|gw|ŋgw|ŋkw|ŋw-] > [p|pʰ|b|mb|mp|m-]

The ancient change of labialized velars to labials in Telerin is extremely well documented (PE18/104; VT41/8; WJ/374-375), and it is characteristic of the Telerin branch of the Eldarin languages. For example, in a note associated with The Shibboleth of Fëanor essay from 1968:

I’m working on creating detailed analysis of Sindarin phonetic development, and have decided to post preliminary work here, for these interested in early reviews and possibly giving me feedback. Here is the first such post, on the following phonetic change:

AT. short unstressed vowels vanished before [l], [r] to produce favored initial clusters; [{ptkpʰkʰbdgm}V₁{rl}V́₁-] > [{ptkpʰkʰbdgm}ø{rl}V́₁-]

I would like to explore ways to express "a small amount" in Quenya.

Viliéla tere astar otso, i *kúmakirya1 InSight rongo anyuva Karnil. Núyuváse Elysium Planitianna, ya mine i amlára yondion Karnilo, *itan2 ekuva san kenda Karnilo mitya karme.

How would you call handles of objects like pots, mugs, pans etc. in Quenya?

I am (of course) inclined to go for the "ear(s)" metaphor as we do in Hungarian and call them hlas/hlari - this seems to be also in line with the idea behind unquilla(r).

P.S. there is also tolma, but that looks like specifically a rounded and short knob.

Would you say *attindo is a reasonable neologism for "doubt, hesitation"? same indo atta "have doubt, to be in doubt"? nán imbi indu "I am in between two minds/ wills"? For the transitive doubt perhaps simply *atya-? For the noun I'd prefer a compound where indo is first as in inwiste, but I can't find any good attestation for "sway, swing, waver" etc

[A cross-post from Discord]