A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “hole, pit” derived from primitive ᴹ✶dattā under the root ᴹ√DAT “fall down” (Ety/DAT). This word reappeared with the same derivation in the ink version of this entry, with the gloss “pit” (EtyAC/DAT).
Qenya
latta
noun. strap
latta
noun. hole, pit
loa
noun. year
tundo
noun. hole
yén
noun. year
A noun for “strap” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√LATH (Ety/LATH).
Conceptual Development: A possible precursor is ᴱQ. līmen “thong, band” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√LIMI (QL/54).