Doriathrin
laf
noun. babe
Cognates
- N. lhaes “babe” ✧ Ety/LAP
Derivations
- ᴹ√LAP “*babe” ✧ Ety/LAP
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√LAP > laf [lapse] > [laf] ✧ Ety/LAP
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A rejected Doriathrin noun for “babe” developed from the root ᴹ√LAP (EtyAC/LAP). Its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. lapse suggests a primitive form of ✱✶lapsē, but elsewhere a [[ilk|medial [ps] became [ss]]] in Ilkorin, as with tuss < ᴹ✶tupsē.