Eldamo : Middle Quenya : apsa¹

ᴹQ. apsa¹ n. “meat, cooked food” (Category: Meat)

ᴹQ. apsa¹, n. “meat, cooked food” (Category: Meat): ᴹQ. apsa² “juice”; ᴱQ. hara(nda) “flesh-meat”; ᴹQ. maxë² “meat”

A noun for “cooked food, meat” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√AP (Ety/AP). The word apsa “meat” also appeared in notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1930s and 40s (PE22/21, 50), though in the 1940s version its gloss was revised to “juice” (PE22/50 note #181).

Neo-Quenya: For purposed of Neo-Quenya, I’d stick to the better-known meaning “(cooked) meat” from The Etymologies. I would use it for “meat” used in cooking and eating, as opposed to Q. hrávë “flesh” as part of a body.

References ✧ Ety/AP; PE22/21-22, 50

Glosses

“cooked food, meat” ✧ Ety/AP
“meat” ✧ PE22/21; PE22/22; PE22/50 (apsa)

Changes

apsa “meat” >> apsa “juice” ✧ PE22/50

Cognates

Ilk. ass “cooked food, meat” ✧ Ety/AP
N. aes “cooked food, meat” ✧ Ety/AP

Derivations

< ᴹ√AP “?cook” ✧ Ety/AP

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√AP > apsa

[apsa]

✧ Ety/AP