sovo-

wash

sovo- vb. "wash" (read perhaps #sov- if the verb is to be adapted to LotR-style Quenya, since Tolkiens later versions of the language do not seem to have o-stem verbs), pa.t. sóvë (QL:86)

sov-

verb. to wash, *bathe

Cognates

• ᴺS. saw- “to wash, bathe, clean”

Derivations

• ᴺ✶. SOW “wash, bath”

Element in

• ᴺQ. alasóvinë “unwashed”
• ᴺQ. sovamorco “raccoon, (lit.) wash-bear”