Qenya
talta-
verb. to slope, slip (down), slide down, fall
talta-
verb. to mean
talta
noun. incline
talta
adjective. sloping, tilted, leaning
tál
noun. foot; bottom
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A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “an incline” derived from the root ᴹ√TALAT “to slope, lean, tip” (Ety/TALÁT).