[numbë noun "root, foundation", also núvë (VT45:38)]
Quenya
sulca
root
sundo
noun. base, root, root-word, *[ᴹQ.] root-word
numbë
root, foundation
núvë
root, foundation[núvë noun "root, foundation", also numbë (VT45:38)]
talan
noun. flat space, platform, *[ᴹQ.] floor, *ground
sundo
base, root, root-wordsundo (þ) noun "base, root, root-word" (SUD), sc. a Quendian consonantal "base". According to VT46:16, Tolkien changed the root to STUD, thereby implying that sundo was earlier þundo (compare Sindarin thond "root"). PE18:95 gives the pl. form as sundur, seemingly implying a stem-form sundu-. It is not, however, used in the compound sundocarmë "base-structure" (PE18:84 not **sunducarmë), a term used in the description of the structure of the various Quendian "bases" or roots.
talma
base, foundation, roottalma noun "base, foundation, root" (TALAM), also translated "bottom" in the expression "top to bottom", see below.% Talmar Ambaren (place-name, *"Foundations of the World" - this is pre-classical "Qenya" with genitive in -en instead of -o as in LotR-style Quenya) (TALAM). Allative talmanna in the phrase telmello talmanna** "from hood to base**, top to bottom" _(VT46:18; notice misreading "telmanna" in the Etymologies as printed in LR, entry TEL-, TELU-)_
sundo
noun. basebase
talma²
noun. flat space, platform
* talma¹
noun. basis, *[ᴹQ.] foundation, *base, *root, *[ᴱQ.] end
sulca ("k") noun "root" (especially as edible) (SÚLUK)