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Early Quenya

sulp-

verb. to lick, sup, lick up, sup up; to sip, taste; to drink

Cognates

  • En. lhif- “to drink” ✧ PE13/148

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SḶPḶ “*lick up” ✧ LT1A/Tanyasalpë; QL/084
  • ᴱ✶sḷp- “to drink” ✧ PE13/148; PE13/149; PE14/058

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶slq- > sulpe[sḷp-] > [sulp-]✧ PE13/148
ᴱ✶sl:q- > salpe[sḹpe-] > [salpe-]✧ PE13/149
ᴱ✶sḷp > salpie[sḹpie] > [salpie]✧ PE14/058
ᴱ✶sḷp > sulpe[sḷp-] > [sulp-]✧ PE14/058
ᴱ√SḶPḶ > sulp-[sḷp-] > [sulp-]✧ QL/084
Early Quenya [LT1A/Tanyasalpë; PE13/149; PE14/058; QL/084] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sult

noun. sip, taste

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. sult (sulp-) “a sip, taste” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√SḶPḶ (QL/84).

Neo-Quenya: I’d adapt this noun as ᴺQ. salpë “sip” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, from the later form of the root: ᴹ√SALAP (Ety/SÁLAP).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SḶPḶ “*lick up” ✧ QL/084

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√SḶPḶ > sult[sḷp] > [sulp] > [sult]✧ QL/084
Early Quenya [QL/084] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lava-

verb. to lick

Cognates

  • G. lav- “to lick”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LAVA “lick” ✧ QL/052

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LAVA > lava-[laβ-] > [lav-]✧ QL/052
Early Quenya [PE16/134; QL/052] Group: Eldamo. Published by