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Middle Primitive Elvish

sāba

noun. *juice

Derivations

  • ᴹ√SAB “juice”

Variations

  • sāka ✧ TMME/053
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sab

root. juice

This root was one of a surprisingly large number of roots Tolkien used for “juice”, appearing as ᴹ√SAB in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives ᴹQ. sáva/N. saw “juice” (Ety/SAB). It might be a variant of (hypothetical) early root ✱ᴱ√WASA needed to explain the forms G. gwâs and ᴱQ. vasa “juice” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/44). The primitive form ᴹ✶sāba also appeared in a rough 1940 note with the word N. iofog “fruit drink”, though Tolkien ultimately decided the second element was derived from ᴹ√SUK “drink” (TMME/53).

Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I would assume this root refers mainly fruit juice and pulp, as opposed to syrup and tree sap which would be derived from ᴹ√PIS.

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶sāba “*juice”
  • ᴹQ. sáva “juice” ✧ Ety/SAB
  • On. sōba “juice” ✧ Ety/SAB
    • N. saw “juice” ✧ Ety/SAB
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pas

root. *juice

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. apsa “juice” ✧ PE22/050
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pis

root. *juice

This root was one of a surprisingly large number of roots Tolkien used for “juice”, appearing unglossed in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. pirya/peich “juice, syrup” and N. pichen “juicy” (Ety/PIS). A similar primitive form ᴱ✶pisye appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists from the 1920s, with derivatives ᴱQ. pihye/ᴱN. “sap, juice” (PE13/147). This in turn might have been a later iteration of unglossed root ᴱ√PḶQḶ from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with a single derivative: ᴱQ. pulqe “juice”.

Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I would assume this root refers mainly to syrup and tree sap, as opposed to fruit juice which would be derived from ᴹ√SAB.

Derivatives

  • ᴱ✶pisye
    • Eilk. fiss “sap, juice” ✧ PE13/147
    • Eq. pihye “sap, juice” ✧ PE13/147
    • En. “sap, juice” ✧ PE13/147
    • Et. pirie “sap, juice” ✧ PE13/147
  • ᴺQ. pirina “juicy, oozy”
  • ᴹQ. pirya “juice, syrup, juice, syrup, *sap” ✧ Ety/PIS
  • N. peich “juice, syrup” ✧ Ety/PIS
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