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Early Quenya

sampe

noun. cave, hollow

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “cave, hollow” with variants sampe and sampo derived from the root ᴱ√SAPA “dig, excavate” (QL/82), both variants also appearing in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “cave” (PME/82).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SAPA “dig, excavate” ✧ QL/082

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√SAPA > sampe[sampē] > [sampe]✧ QL/082

Variations

  • sampe- ✧ PME/082
  • sampo- ✧ PME/082
  • sampo ✧ QL/082
Early Quenya [PME/082; QL/082] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sampo

noun. cave, hollow

orot

noun. cave

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ROTO “hollow” ✧ QL/071

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√roto- > orot[orot]✧ QL/071
Early Quenya [QL/071; QL/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rótele

noun. cave

Cognates

  • G. roth “cave, grot” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ROTO “hollow” ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin; QL/080

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ROTO > rōtele[rōtelē] > [rōtele]✧ QL/080

Variations

  • rotelë ✧ LT2A/Rothwarin
  • rōtele ✧ QL/080
Early Quenya [LT2A/Rothwarin; QL/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by