Quenya 

ampa

hook

ampa noun "hook", also name of tengwa #14 (GAP, Appendix E, VT47:20)

ampa

noun. hook, hook, [ᴹQ.] crook

Cognates

  • S. gamp “hook, crook, hook, crook; [N.] claw” ✧ VT47/20
  • T. gampa “hook, crook” ✧ VT47/20

Derivations

  • gampa “hook” ✧ VT47/20
    • GAP “bend (tr.)” ✧ VT47/20

Element in

  • ᴺQ. ciryampa “anchor, (lit.) boat-hook”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
gampa > ampa[gampa] > [ɣampa] > [ampa]✧ VT47/20
Quenya [LotR/1123; PE17/104; VT47/20] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sa-rincë

hook

sa-rincë ("k"), apparently the name of the "hook" that may be attached to a tengwa letter to indicate a following s (VT46:11). If so, sa may be a name of S (as a sound).

rince

noun. hook

Quenya [PE 22:49, 63] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

Sindarin 

gamp

noun. hook, claw, crook

Sindarin [Ety/357, VT/47:20] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gamp

noun. hook, crook, hook, crook; [N.] claw

Cognates

  • Q. ampa “hook, hook, [ᴹQ.] crook” ✧ VT47/20

Derivations

  • gampa “hook” ✧ VT47/20
    • GAP “bend (tr.)” ✧ VT47/20

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
gampa > gamp[gampa] > [gampʰa] > [gamɸa] > [gamfa] > [gamf] > [gamp] > [gamp]✧ VT47/20

gamp

hook

1) gamp (i **amp) (claw, crook), pl. ?gaimp or ?gemp (i ngaimp = i ñaimp or i ngemp = i ñemp), coll. pl. gammath**

gamp

hook

(i ’amp) (claw, crook), pl. ?gaimp or ?gemp (i ngaimp =  i ñaimp or i ngemp = i ñemp), coll. pl. gammath

Telerin 

gampa

noun. hook, crook

Cognates

  • Q. ampa “hook, hook, [ᴹQ.] crook” ✧ VT47/20

Derivations

  • gampa “hook” ✧ VT47/20
    • GAP “bend (tr.)” ✧ VT47/20

Primitive elvish

gampa

noun. hook

Derivations

  • GAP “bend (tr.)” ✧ VT47/20

Derivatives

  • Q. ampa “hook, hook, [ᴹQ.] crook” ✧ VT47/20
  • S. gamp “hook, crook, hook, crook; [N.] claw” ✧ VT47/20
  • T. gampa “hook, crook” ✧ VT47/20
Primitive elvish [VT47/20] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

gamp

noun. hook, claw, crook

Noldorin [Ety/357, VT/47:20] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

ampa

noun. hook, crook

Cognates

  • N. gamp “hook, claw” ✧ Ety/GAP

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GAP “*hook” ✧ Ety/GAP

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√GAP > ampa[gampa] > [ɣampa] > [ampa]✧ Ety/GAP
Qenya [Ety/GAP; PE22/022; PE22/050] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Old Noldorin 

gampa

noun. hook

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GAP “*hook” ✧ Ety/GAP

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√GAP > gampa[gampa]✧ Ety/GAP
Old Noldorin [EtyAC/GAP] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

crog

noun. hook

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KOK “catch”

Element in

  • G. croctha- “to catch, snare, trap” ✧ GL/27
  • G. crogin “hooked” ✧ GL/27