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Each series is headed by the basic signs composed of a vertical stem descending below the line, and a single bow.

These basic signs represent the voiceless stop consonants for that series.

For the classical Quenya mode, they are,, and, and the series are named tincotéma, parmatéma, calmatéma, and quessetéma, respectively ; téma means " series " in Quenya.