tassa

index finger

tassa noun "index finger"; also lepetas (VT48:5, 14)

tassa

noun. index finger

Cognates

• S. tas “index finger” ✧ VT48/05
• T. tassa “index finger” ✧ VT48/05

Derivations

• √TAS “point out, indicate”

Element in

• Q. lepetas “index finger” ✧ VT48/05

tastil

index finger

[tastil noun "index finger" (VT47:26)]

lepetas

first or index finger

lepetas noun "first or index finger" (VT47:10, VT48:5, 14). Stem lepetass- (pl. lepetassi, VT47:11) Also tassa.

lepetas

noun. index finger

A word for the “index finger” in notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from 1968, a combination of ✶lepe “finger” and √TAS “point” (VT47/10-11; VT48/5). The short form Q. tassa (perhaps originally “pointer”?) was also used for the “index finger” (VT48/5).

Conceptual Development: In drafts of these notes, the word first appeared as Q. tastil where the second element was Q. -til “point” (VT47/26), but this was soon revised to leptas (VT47/27).

Changes

• leptas → lepetas ✧ VT47/10

Cognates

• S. lebdas “index finger” ✧ VT48/05

Elements

Word	Gloss
lepe	“finger”
tassa	“index finger”

Variations

• leptas ✧ VT47/26 (leptas); VT47/27

tassa

noun. (a) trouble, troublesome event/thing/circumstance

@@@ Discord 2023-02-28 < PE ✱tárasā, older tarsa

Cognates

• On. tarsa “trouble”

Derivations

• ᴹ√TARAS “*trouble”