venë noun "small boat, vessel, dish" (LT1:254)
Quenya
calpa
water-vessel
venë
small boat, vessel, dish
Sindarin
calph
noun. water-vessel
ylf
noun. drinking-vessel
calph
vessel
(water vessel) calph (i galph, o chalph), pl. celph (i chelph). By another suggestion, if the word goes like alph "swan", the pl. forms could be ceilph (i cheilph).
calph
vessel
(i galph, o chalph), pl. celph (i chelph). By another suggestion, if the word goes like alph "swan", the pl. forms could be ceilph (i cheilph).
Noldorin
calf
noun. water-vessel
A noun appearing as N. calf “water-vessel” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√KALPA of the same meaning (Ety/KALPA). The same word appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, but had the form and gloss G. calph “bucket” (GL/25).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would use the spelling ᴺS. calph to make the pronunciation clear, as suggested in HSD (HSD), since final f is generally pronounced [v] in Sindarin. Given its generic gloss “water-vessel”, I would use this word for any larger vessel for holding or carrying water.
Cognates
- ᴹQ. kalpa “water-vessel, bucket” ✧ Ety/KALPA
Derivations
- ᴹ√KALPA “water-vessel” ✧ Ety/KALPA
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KALPA > calf [kalpa] > [kalpʰa] > [kalɸa] > [kalfa] > [kalf] ✧ Ety/KALPA
calf
noun. water-vessel
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Qenya
kapsa
noun. case, vessel, case, vessel, *container
A word in the Declension of Nouns (DN) from the early 1930s glossed “case, vessel” (PE21/20). It appeared in both a short form kas (kaps-) and longer kapsa (PE21/27). It might be derived from ᴹ√KAB “hollow” as suggested by Raccoon in a Discord chat from 2022. If so, its general meaning might be “✱container”.
Derivations
- ᴹ√KAB “hollow”
Element in
- ᴺQ. parmacas “bookcase”
Variations
- kas ✧ PE21/20; PE21/27
kas
noun. case, vessel
Middle Primitive Elvish
kalpa
root. water-vessel
A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “water-vessel”, with derivatives ᴹQ. kalpa/N. calf “water-vessel, bucket”, as well as ᴹQ. kalpa- “draw water, scoop out, bale out” (Ety/KALPA). It is a later iteration of ᴱ√KḶPḶ from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “hold, contains (esp. of liquids)”, with functionally identical noun forms ᴱQ. kalpa/G. calph “bucket, vessel”, but a different verb form ᴱQ. kulp- due to variations in how syllabic ḷ developed in Early Qenya (QL/47; GL/25). It illustrates how early roots with syllabic consonants from the 1910s were sometimes transformed later into KALTA-stem roots.
Derivatives
Gnomish
bent
noun. small boat
Cognates
- Eq. vene “small boat, vessel, dish” ✧ LT1A/Glorvent
Derivations
- ᴱ√VENE “shape, cut out, scoop” ✧ LT1A/Glorvent
Element in
- G. Glorvent “Ship of Gold” ✧ LT1A/Glorvent
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√VENE > bent [βent] > [bent] > [benθ] > [bent] ✧ LT1A/Glorvent Variations
- Benc ✧ GL/22
- benc ✧ LT1A/Glorvent
calph
noun. bucket
Cognates
- Eq. kalpa “bucket, vessel”
Derivations
- ᴱ√KḶPḶ “hold, contains (esp. of liquids)”
benc
noun. small boat
Early Quenya
vene
noun. small boat, vessel, dish
A noun appearing as ᴱQ. vene in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, initially glossed “small boat” and then with the glosses “vessel, dish” added, listed under the early root ᴱ√VENE {“small boat” >>} “shape, cut out, scoop” (QL/100-101).
Neo-Quenya: I would retain ᴺQ. venë for purposes of Neo-Quenya with the more limited meaning “[eating] vessel, dish”. I would reconceive of it as a derivative of the 1930s root ᴹQ. BEN “corner, angle”.
Cognates
- G. bent “small boat” ✧ LT1A/Glorvent
Derivations
- ᴱ√VENE “shape, cut out, scoop” ✧ LT1A/Glorvent; QL/100
Element in
- Eq. I Vene Kemen “*Shape of the Earth, Vessel of the Earth” ✧ LT1A/Glorvent
- Eq. Kalavente “Ship of Light” ✧ LT1A/Glorvent
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√VENE > venē- > vene [βenē] > [βene] > [vene] ✧ QL/100 Variations
- venë ✧ LT1A/Glorvent
kalpa
noun. bucket, vessel
Changes
kalpe→ kalpa ✧ QL/047Cognates
- G. calph “bucket”
Derivations
- ᴱ√KḶPḶ “hold, contains (esp. of liquids)” ✧ QL/047
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√KLPL > kalpa [kḹpā] > [kḹpa] > [kalpa] ✧ QL/047 Variations
- kalpe ✧ QL/047 (
kalpe)
calpa ("k") (1) noun "water-vessel" (KALPA), "bucket, vessel" (QL:47)