Eldamo : Early Quenya : lepta¹

ᴱQ. lepta¹ adj. “hooked (as a tendril)” (Category: Hook, Crook)

⚠️ᴱQ. lepta¹, adj. “hooked (as a tendril)” (Category: Hook, Crook): ᴹQ. rempa “crooked, hooked”

An adjective in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “hooked (as a tendril)” under the early root ᴱ√LEPE, the root that was the basis for finger-words (QL/53).

Reference ✧ QL/53 ✧ lepta “hooked (as a tendril)”

Derivations

< ᴱ√LEPE “*finger” ✧ QL/53

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√LEPE > lepta

[leptā] > [lepta]

✧ QL/53