Q. talta adj. “tottering, unsteady” (Category: to Fall)
An adjective variant of the verb talta- “slip or slide down, collapse”, derived from primitive ✶taltā based on the root √TALAT (PE18/89). In the second version of Tengwesta Qenderinwa (TQ2) from around 1950 it was glossed “tottering, unsteady” (PE18/89), but in The Etymologies of the 1930s ᴹQ. talta was glossed “sloping, tilted, leaning” (Ety/TALÁT). However, in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s ᴱQ. talta was glossed both “shaky, wobbly, tottering” and “sloping, slanting” under the early root ᴱ√TḶTḶ (QL/93), so perhaps this word can incorporate all these meanings. If so, it may mean “tottering, unsteady” when referring to an unfixed object, but “sloping, slanting” when referring to a fixed object like a hill, perhaps due to the unsteadiness induced for those standing on a slant.
Reference ✧ PE18/89 ✧ “tottering, unsteady”
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Phonetic Developments
| ✶taltā > talta | [taltā] > [talta] | ✧ PE18/89 |
ᴹQ. talta¹ adj. “sloping, tilted, leaning” (Category: to Lie, Recline)
Reference ✧ Ety/TALÁT ✧ talta “sloping, tilted, leaning”
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Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√TALÁT > talta | [talta] | ✧ Ety/TALÁT |