lepsa
noun. liver
Derivations
- ᴺ✶. LEPH “liver”
rôn
noun. liver
Derivations
- √RON “solid, tangible, firm”
leph
root. liver
Derivatives
- ᴺQ. lepsa “liver”
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rôn
noun. liver
lepsa
noun. liver
ᴱQ. lepsa “liver” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√LEFE (QL/52). The contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon had (unglossed) lipsa, in keeping with the revision G. elf >> G. ilf “heart” (GL/50).
Neo-Quenya: I’d retain ᴺQ. lepsa “liver” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.
Derivations
- ᴱ√LEFE “*heart” ✧ QL/052
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LEFE > lepsa [leɸsā] > [leɸsa] > [lepsa] ✧ QL/052 Variations
- lipsa ✧ GL/50
The word G. rôn⁽⁾ “liver” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, but its etymology is unclear (GL/65). Q. rāna “moon” was written in pencil nearby, but this seems to be from an earlier layer of the lexicon, and may be unrelated.
Neo-Sindarin: I’d retain ᴺS. rôn “liver” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, perhaps as a derivative of the later root √RON “solid, firm”, since (a) there are no later words for “liver” and (b) the word rôn does not appear with any other meaning in later writings.