lav- (2) vb. "yield, allow, grant" (DAB)
Quenya
#lav-
lick
lav-
verb. lick
lav-
yield, allow, grant
lav-
verb. to lick
A verb for “to lick” based on the root √LAB of similar meaning (PE17/72; PE22/151-152; RGEO/59).
Conceptual Development: This verb dates all the way back to ᴱQ. lava- “lick” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s where it was derived from the early root ᴱ√LAVA (QL/52). It retained this form in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/134), and in The Etymologies of the 1930s it appeared as ᴹQ. lavin “I lick” under the root ᴹ√LAB “lick” (Ety/LAB). The verb and root continued to appear regularly in Tolkien’s later writings.
Cognates
- ᴺS. lav- “to lick”
Derivations
Element in
- Q. ar lumbulë undulávë ilyë tier “and (heavy) shadow swallowed (lit. down-licked) all roads” ✧ RGEO/59
- Q. undulav- “to drown, swallow, submerge, (lit.) lick down” ✧ PE17/072
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √LABA > lamne [labne] > [lamne] ✧ PE22/151 ✶labā́ > lava [labā] > [laβā] > [laβa] > [lava] ✧ PE22/152 ✶laƀuvā > lavuva [labuvā] > [laβuvā] > [laβuva] > [lavuva] ✧ PE22/152
lapsa-
to lick
lapsa- vb. "to lick" (frequentative) (LAB)
sulp-
lick
sulp- vb. "lick" (LT1:266; rather lav- in Tolkien's later Quenya)
#lav- (1) vb. "lick", pa.t. #lávë in undulávë, see undu (Nam); 1st person aorist lavin "I lick" in the Etymologies(LAB)