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#lav-

lick

#lav- (1) vb. "lick", pa.t. #lávë in undulávë, see undu (Nam); 1st person aorist lavin "I lick" in the Etymologies(LAB)

lav-

verb. lick

Quenya [PE 22:102] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

lav-

verb. to lick

A verb for “to lick” based on the root √LAB of similar meaning (PE17/72; PE22/151-152; RGEO/59).

Conceptual Development: This verb dates all the way back to ᴱQ. lava- “lick” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s where it was derived from the early root ᴱ√LAVA (QL/52). It retained this form in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/134), and in The Etymologies of the 1930s it appeared as ᴹQ. lavin “I lick” under the root ᴹ√LAB “lick” (Ety/LAB). The verb and root continued to appear regularly in Tolkien’s later writings.

Cognates

  • ᴺS. lav- “to lick”

Derivations

  • LAB “lick, move the tongue” ✧ PE22/151
  • lab- ✧ PE22/152; PE22/152
    • LAB “lick, move the tongue” ✧ PE22/152

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
LABA > lamne[labne] > [lamne]✧ PE22/151
labā́ > lava[labā] > [laβā] > [laβa] > [lava]✧ PE22/152
laƀuvā > lavuva[labuvā] > [laβuvā] > [laβuva] > [lavuva]✧ PE22/152
Quenya [PE17/072; PE22/151; PE22/152; RGEO/59] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sulp-

lick

sulp- vb. "lick" (LT1:266; rather lav- in Tolkien's later Quenya)

lávë

noun. permission

Derivations

  • ᴹ√DAB “give way, make room, permit, allow”
Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by