apsa

cooked food, meat

apsa noun "cooked food, meat" (AP)

pellopë

noun. donkey, ass

A neologism coined by Helge Fauskanger for his NQNT (NQNT), a combination of Q. per- “half” and the root ᴹ√LOP sometimes used for “horse” words.

Elements

Word	Gloss
per-	“half, half, [ᴹQ.] semi”
LOP	“horse, horse; [ᴱ√] *run (of animals), gallop, lope”

aes

cooked food

aes (meat). No distinct pl. form.

aes

cooked food

aes (meat). No distinct pl. form.

aes

cooked food

(meat). No distinct pl. form.

aes

noun. cooked food, meat

A noun for “cooked food, meat” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√AP, likely from primitive ✱apsā given its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. apsa (Ety/AP). If so, the ae is the result of the vocalization of the ancient ap to ai, after which the diphthong ai became ae.

Neo-Sindarin: This 1930s Noldorin word presents two problems for its adaptation to Sindarin. First, the Sindarin vocalization of ancient p seems to be u rather than i, as in S. leutha- “pick up” < ✱lepta- (VT47/10). Second, it seems spirants no longer vocalized before s, as in S. ach “neck” < aks (PE17/92). Nevertheless, I would retain this word for purposes of Neo-Sindarin and assume it was the result of dialectical variations in Sindarin of the First Age.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. apsa “meat, cooked food” ✧ Ety/AP

Derivations

• ᴹ√AP “?cook” ✧ Ety/AP

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√AP > aes	[apsa] > [aɸsa] > [aisa] > [ais] > [aes]	✧ Ety/AP