untup-

verb. to cover (over or up), (lit.) to cover down

Element in

• Q. ar hísië untúpa Calaciryo míri oialë “and mist covers the jewels of Calacirya forever” ✧ LotR/0377; RGEO/58
• Q. ar hísië untúpa Calaciryo míri oialë “and mist covers (lit. down-roofs) Calacirya’s jewels forever” ✧ RGEO/59

Elements

Word	Gloss
undu	“down, under, down, under, [ᴹQ.] beneath”
tup-	“to cover, to cover, [ᴱQ.] put a lid on, put hat on, roof”

untúpa

down-roofs

untúpa vb. "down-roofs" = covers (perhaps for *undutúpa-, cf. undu-). Present tense of untup- with lengthening of the stem vowel and the suffix -a (cf. síla "shines" from sil-)