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quácë

frog

quácë ("k")noun "frog"; this replaced coacë ("koake"), a form rejected by Tolkien (VT47:36)

quácë

noun. frog

A word given as {koake >>} quāke “frog” derived from primitive ✶kāwāk in notes from 1968 (VT47/36).

Changes

  • koake → quāke ✧ VT47/36

Derivations

  • ✶kāwāk “frog” ✧ VT47/36
    • √KAWAK “*caw, croak”

Element in

  • ᴺQ. quaccas “tadpole, (lit.) frog head”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶kāwāk > quāke[kwāke]✧ VT47/36
✶kāwāk > koake[kawake] > [koake]✧ VT47/36

Variations

  • quāke ✧ VT47/36
  • koake ✧ VT47/36 (koake)

carpo

noun. frog

A neologism for “frog” created by Eddin Najetovic in PPQ (PPQ) from the early 2000s, equivalent to N. cabor “frog”. I think it is preferable to use the now-attested word Q. quácë “frog”, published in 2005.

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KAP “leap, leap, [ᴱ√] spring”
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