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Qenya 

talta-

verb. to slip (down), fall, slide down, slope

Cognates

  • N. atlanna- “to slope, slant” ✧ Ety/TALÁT

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶talat- “slip down”
    • ᴹ√TALAT “to slip or slide down, incline, slope, lean, tip, topple over” ✧ PE22/098
  • ᴹ√TALAT “to slip or slide down, incline, slope, lean, tip, topple over” ✧ Ety/TALÁT; PE18/035

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Atalante “Downfall(en)” ✧ Ety/TALÁT; PE18/035
  • ᴹQ. atalta- “to collapse, fall in, fall down, slip down in ruin” ✧ Ety/TALÁT
  • ᴹQ. he·taltalyar “they are [slipping down]” ✧ PE22/115
  • ᴹQ. ni taltalya “I am slipping down” ✧ PE22/115
  • ᴹQ. tatalta- “[unglossed]”
  • ᴹQ. talantie “they are holy, blessed, and beloved — save the dark one: he is fallen” ✧ LR/072

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√TALÁT > talta-[talta-]✧ Ety/TALÁT
ᴹ√TALÁT > talta-[talta-]✧ Ety/TALÁT
ᴹ√TLAT > talante[talante]✧ PE18/035

Variations

  • talta ✧ PE22/115
Qenya [Ety/TALÁT; LR/072; PE18/035; PE22/111; PE22/113; PE22/114; PE22/115] Group: Eldamo. Published by