Qenya
salpa-
verb. to lick up, sup, sip, to lick up, sup, sip, [ᴱQ.] take a sup of; to sample
Derivations
- ᴹ√SALAP “lick up, *sip” ✧ Ety/SÁLAP
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√SÁLAP > salpa- [salpa-] ✧ Ety/SÁLAP
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A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “lick up, sup, sip” derived from the root ᴹ√SALAP “lick up” (Ety/SÁLAP).
Conceptual Development: This verb appeared as ᴱQ. salpa- “take a sup of, sample, sip” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√SḶPḶ (QL/84). I’d retain the sense “sample” as an alternate meaning for purposes of Neo-Quenya.