A noun for “finger” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√TENE “touch, feel” (QL/91). It was also mentioned in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, but with -nd- written above it indicating a variant form tenda (PME/91). A similar word tenge “finger” appeared Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/137), but ᴱQ. lepta was written next to it, perhaps as a replacement, since after this point finger-words were primarily based on √LEP.
Early Quenya
lepsa
noun. liver
Derivations
- ᴱ√LEFE “*heart” ✧ QL/052
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LEFE > lepsa [leɸsā] > [leɸsa] > [lepsa] ✧ QL/052 Variations
- lipsa ✧ GL/50
lepta
noun. finger
Element in
- Eq. anda-lepta “long-fingered” ✧ PE15/74
Variations
- lepta ✧ PE15/72; PE15/74; PE16/137
let
noun. finger
Derivations
- ᴱ√LEPE “*finger” ✧ QL/053
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LEPE > let [lept] > [let] ✧ QL/053
tenna
noun. finger
Derivations
- ᴱ√TENE “touch, feel” ✧ QL/091
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TENE > tenna [tennā] > [tenna] ✧ QL/091 Variations
- tenge ✧ PE16/137
tenge
noun. finger
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.