Early Quenya
salka
noun. scythe
Derivations
- ᴱ√SḶKḶ “*grass, mow” ✧ QL/084
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√SḶKḶ¹ > salka [sḹkā] > [sḹka] > [salka] ✧ QL/084
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A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as ᴱQ. salka “scythe” under the early root ᴱ√SḶKḶ that was also the basis for “grass” words (QL/84).
Neo-Quenya: Since ᴹ√SALAK+wē was still the basis for “grass” words in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/SALÁK), I think ᴺQ. salca “scythe” can be salvaged for purposes of Neo-Quenya.