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Early Quenya

taste

noun. fringe

Cognates

  • G. tast “border, fringe”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TASA “*fringe” ✧ QL/089

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TASA > taste[tastē] > [taste]✧ QL/089
Early Quenya [QL/089] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tyav-

verb. *to taste

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

tyavasta

noun. sense of taste

Cognates

  • G. cafwen “sense of taste, taste, judgement”
Early Quenya [QL/049] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tyava-

verb. to taste; (impersonal) to taste of, reminds one of

Cognates

  • G. caf- “to taste (used of the thing)” ✧ GL/24

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TYAVA “to savour, taste” ✧ GL/24; QL/049

Element in

  • Eq. tyavasta “sense of taste” ✧ QL/049

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√tyav- > tyav-[tʲaβa-] > [tʲava-]✧ GL/24
ᴱ√TYAVA > tyava-[tʲaβa-] > [tʲava-]✧ QL/049

Variations

  • tyav- ✧ GL/24
  • tyava ✧ PE16/134
Early Quenya [GL/24; PE16/134; QL/049] 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

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