A word appearing as an element in Lámasampanë “Combination of Sounds” from both the first (TQ1) and second (TQ2) versions of Tengwesta Qenderinwa from the 1940s and early 1950s (PE18/40, 90). It is likely a combination of ᴹ√SAM “unite, join” and ᴹ√PAN “place, fix”, hence “✱unite and place”.
Quenya
sampa
spade
sampanë
noun. combination
sampane#
noun. combination
combination
sampa
noun. spade, *shovel
sampa-
noun. to shovel
A neologism for “to shovel” coined by Luinyelle posted on 2025-05-25 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), a verb form of the noun [ᴱQ.] sampa “shovel”.
sampan-
verb. to combine
A neologism for “to combine” coined by Orondil posted on 2023-02-24 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), inspired by sampanë “combination”.
sap-
dig
sap- or sapa- vb. "dig", pa.t. sampë (PE16:145, QL:82); cf. sampa, and sapsanta below.
sampa noun "spade" (QL:82, PE16:145); cf. the verb sapa- "dig"