Early Quenya
qap-
verb. to throb, flutter
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Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
qap-
verb. to throb, flutter
A verb appearing in the Early Qenya Phonology of the 1920s with glosses “throb, flutter”, derived from ᴱ✶ku̯ap- as an elaboration of ᴱ√kapa “leap” (PE14/66). Oddly, Tolkien gave it the primitive form ᴱ✶skapi̯a-. The verb qap- might be a later iteration of ᴱQ. papa- “tremble” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/72). Compare also the possibly related verb ᴱN. gobab- “shake” (PE13/132).