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Early Primitive Elvish

bapa Speculative

root. drink

A (hypothetical) early root to explain Gnomish words from the 1910s like bab- “to drink”. It was almost certainly replaced by later roots like √SOK and √YUL.

Derivatives

  • G. bab- “to drink, quaff”
Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by