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Qenya 

tambaro

noun. woodpecker, (lit.) knocker

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “woodpecker, knocker”, an agental form of ᴹQ. tamba- “knock” (Ety/TAM).

Cognates

  • N. tavor “woodpecker, knocker, woodpecker, knocker; [G.] wood fay” ✧ Ety/TAM

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶tamrō “woodpecker, knocker” ✧ Ety/TAM
    • ᴹ√TAM “knock” ✧ Ety/TAM

Elements

WordGloss
tamba-“to knock, keep on knocking”
-ro“agental suffix”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶tamrō > tambaro[tambaro]✧ Ety/TAM