Eldamo : Early Quenya : halta-

ᴱQ. halta- v. “to leap” (Category: to Jump, Leap)

⚠️ᴱQ. halta-, v. “to leap” (Category: to Jump, Leap): ᴹQ. cap- “to leap, [ᴱQ.] jump”

A verb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “to leap” under the early root ᴱ√HALA (QL/39). In Tolkien’s later writings √KHAL instead meant “raise up” and was the basis for words like halla “tall” (PE17/184).

References ✧ LT1A/Haloisi Velikë; QL/39

Glosses

“to leap” ✧ LT1A/Haloisi Velikë; QL/39

Variations

halta- ✧ LT1A/Haloisi Velikë; QL/39

Inflections

ehalle	past	✧ QL/39: irreg. pret.
halle	past	✧ QL/39: irreg. pret.

Derivations

< ᴱ√HALA “*leap” ✧ LT1A/Haloisi Velikë; QL/39

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√HALA > halta-

[xalta-] > [halta-]

✧ QL/39