Eldamo : Quenya : táva

Q. táva n. “great tree” (Category: Tree (generic))

Q. táva, n. “great tree” (Category: Tree (generic))

A noun appearing as tāva “great tree” in a list of “large & small” roots from around 1968 derived from the root √TAW “wood”.

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. taule “great tree” under the early root ᴱ√TAVA “beam”, a homonym of ᴱQ. taule “pillar” under the early root ᴱ√TAW̯A (QL/90).

Reference ✧ PE17/115 ✧ tāva “great tree”

Derivations

< √TAW “wood” ✧ PE17/115

Phonetic Developments

√TAW > tāva

[tāwa] > [tāβa] > [tāva]

✧ PE17/115

ᴱQ. taule¹ n. “great tree” (Category: Tree (generic))

See Q. táva for discussion.

References ✧ LT1A/Tavari; QL/90

Glosses

“great tree” ✧ LT1A/Tavari; QL/90

taule “great tree” cp. ᴱ√taw̯a ✧ QL/90

Derivations

< ᴱ√TAVA “beam” ✧ LT1A/Tavari; QL/90

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√TAVA > taule

[taβlē] > [taβle] > [taule]

✧ QL/90