ᴹQ. hlik- v. (basic-verb) “to creep” (Category: to Creep, Crawl)
A verb in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948, glossed “creep” and based on the root ᴹ√SLIK of the same meaning (PE22/113). It also had a frequentative form lilhikke “sneak about”, indicating the base verb may mean “*sneak” as well.
References ✧ PE22/113
Inflections
| hlike | aorist | “creeps” | ✧ PE22/113 |
| ihlíkie | perfect | “has crept” | ✧ PE22/113 |
| †illīk[ie] | perfect | ✧ PE22/113 |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√SLIK > izlīk- > †illīk[ie] | [islīk-] > [izlīk-] > [illīk-] | ✧ PE22/113 |
| ᴹ√SLIK > hlike | [slik-] > [l̥ik-] | ✧ PE22/113 |