tassa

index finger

tassa noun "index finger"; also lepetas (VT48:5, 14)

tassa

noun. index finger

tassa

noun. (a) trouble, troublesome event/thing/circumstance

@@@ Discord 2023-02-28 < PE ✱tárasā, older tarsa

lepetas

noun. index finger

A word for the “index finger” in notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from 1968, a combination of ✶lepe “finger” and √TAS “point” (VT47/10-11; VT48/5). The short form Q. tassa (perhaps originally “pointer”?) was also used for the “index finger” (VT48/5).

Conceptual Development: In drafts of these notes, the word first appeared as Q. tastil where the second element was Q. -til “point” (VT47/26), but this was soon revised to leptas (VT47/27).

lepetas

first or index finger

lepetas noun "first or index finger" (VT47:10, VT48:5, 14). Stem lepetass- (pl. lepetassi, VT47:11) Also tassa.

tastil

index finger

[tastil noun "index finger" (VT47:26)]