LEP
LEP is a Common Eldarin root signifying "finger",[1] or "pick (up, out) with the fingers".[2]
Derivatives[edit | edit source]
- Common Eldarin: leper-[2]
Other versions[edit | edit source]
In the manuscript "Words, Phrases and Passages in The Lord of the Rings" (late 1950, early 1960s) appears the root LEPEN (or LENEP), yielding the derivatives Quenya lempe and Sindarin leben.[3]
In the Etymologies (ca. 1937) appears the root LEP-, LEPET signifying "finger", yielding the derivatives Quenya lepse, Noldorin lhebed. The extended forms LEPEN, LEPEK, signifying "five", yield Quenya lempe, Quenya lemnar ("week"), and Noldorin lheben, Noldorin lhevnar ("week").[4][5][6]
In the Gnomish Lexicon (ca. 1917) appears the root lef-, yielding the derivatives Qenya lempe and Gnomish elf.[7][6]
In the Qenya Lexicon (ca. 1915) appears the root LEPE, with the derivative Qenya let ("finger").[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor: Appendix: The Eldarin numerals" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, pp. 24-26
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part One" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 47, February 2005, p. 24
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 95-6, 160 (roots appearing as "√LEPEN or LENEP")
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 368
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part One" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 45, November 2003, p. 27
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part Two" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 48, December 2005, p. 20 (note 17)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 53 (root appearing as ("√lef-")
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne)