untúpa vb. "down-roofs" = covers (perhaps for *undutúpa-, cf. undu-). Present tense of untup- with lengthening of the stem vowel and the suffix -a (cf. síla "shines" from sil-)
Quenya
undu
down, under, beneath
undu
down
undu
preposition/adverb. down, under, down, under, [ᴹQ.] beneath
Derivations
- √NŪ/UNU “down, under; go down, sink”
Element in
- Q. ar lumbulë undulávë ilyë tier “and (heavy) shadow swallowed (lit. down-licked) all roads” ✧ RGEO/59
- ᴺQ. undalasar “stalactite, (lit.) down-growing stone”
- Q. undulav- “to drown, swallow, submerge, (lit.) lick down” ✧ PE17/072; PE17/072
- Q. untup- “to cover (over or up), (lit.) to cover down” ✧ PE17/073
Variations
- undu- ✧ PE17/072; PE17/072; PE17/073
untúpa
down-roofs
undu adv. (and prep.?) "down, under, beneath" (UNU, VT46:20); prefixundu- "down", in undulávë "down-licked" = covered. (Nam)