Primitive elvish
khap
root. bind, make fast; restrain, deprive of liberty, retain, keep, detain, retain, keep, detain; bind, make fast; [ᴹ√] enfold; [√] restrain, deprive of liberty
Derivatives
Element in
- Q. hampa “restrained, delayed, kept” ✧ PE17/068
Variations
- KHAM ✧ PE17/157
- khap ✧ VT41/06
- kham ✧ VT41/06
A root with alternate form √KHAM and gloss “bind, make fast; restrain, deprive of liberty” given as a variant of √KHEP “retain, keep” in a page of roots composed sometime around 1959-60 (VT41/6; PE17/157). It reappeared in notes from 1967 with the glosses “retain, keep, detain” and one derivative: Q. hampa “restrained, delayed, kept” (PE17/68). It might be a later iteration of ᴹ√KHAP “enfold” from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/KHAP).
Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I think it is useful to retain this 1930s sense, since it is the basis for various Noldorin words having to do with “clothing” for which we have no clear replacements.