lebdas

noun. index finger

A name for the index finger in notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from 1968, a combination of ✶lepe “finger” and √TAS “point out”; shorter tas was also used for “index finger (lit. ✱pointer)” (VT48/5).

Cognates

• Q. lepetas “index finger” ✧ VT48/05

lebdas

noun. index finger

tas

noun. index finger

Cognates

• Q. tassa “index finger” ✧ VT48/05

Derivations

• √TAS “point out, indicate”

Element in

• S. lebdas “index finger” ✧ VT48/05

tas

noun. index finger

lebdas

index finger

lebdas, pl. lebdais, coll. pl. lebdassath (VT48:5). In childrens play also called emig ”little mother” (VT48:6, 17). Nobad, the dual form of naub ”thumb”, is used of the thumb and the index grouped together in the act of picking something (VT48:5, 6)