Early Quenya
hapta-
verb. to eject, ejaculate
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶skapi̯a- > hapta- [skapta-] > [xapta-] > [hapta-] ✧ PE14/066
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hapta-
verb. to eject, ejaculate
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶skapi̯a- > hapta- [skapta-] > [xapta-] > [hapta-] ✧ PE14/066
A verb appearing as ᴱQ. hapta- “eject, ejaculate” in Early Qenya Phonology of the 1920s, originally with the sense “to cause liquids to spirt out” based on the early root ᴱ√KAPA “leap” (PE14/66). Oddly, Tolkien gave it the primitive form ᴱ✶skapi̯a-.
Neo-Quenya: Since the root ᴹ√KAP survived in Tolkien’s later writings, I’d retain this word for purposes of Neo-Quenya, but based on primitive ✱skaptā-.