Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : LIK

√LIK root. “glide, slip, slide, drip”

√LIK root. “glide, slip, slide, drip”

A root in notes from the late 1960s glossed “glide, slide, slip, drip” where it served as the basis for primitive ✶linkwē for “light” as an ethereal and liquid-like substance (NM/283). The Quenya word Q. linquë had a similar meaning, but Sindarin S. limp “(bright/clear/gleaming) liquid” was used of used of pools or rills of clean water, and so served as an element in the name S. Limhír (†Limphîr) “Limlight” (NM/284).

References ✧ NM/283, 285

Glosses

“glide, slide, slip, drip” ✧ NM/283
“glide, slip” ✧ NM/285

Derivatives

> ᴺQ. !lic- “to glide, slip, slide, ⚠️drip”
⇒ ᴺQ. !lihtyellesta “escalator, (lit.) gliding staircase”
> ᴺQ. !linca “ski”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !linca- “to ski”
> ᴺS. ^lítha- “to let slip, lose, mislay; (intr.) to be lost; forget”
> ✶linkwē “light-substance” ✧ NM/285
- > Q. linquë² “light-substance; liquid light, *photons” ✧ NM/280; NM/283; NM/284
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !lailinquë “beryllium, (lit.) fresh-liquid light”
- > S. limp “clear, sparkling; (bright/clear/gleaming) liquid” ✧ NM/284
  - ⇒ S. Limhír “Clear/Sparkling River” ✧ WJ/337
  - ⇒ S. †Limphîr “Limliht” ✧ NM/284
    - > S. Limhír “Clear/Sparkling River” ✧ NM/284
- > T. limpi “light as an ethereal substance” ✧ NM/283
> Q. líco “wax”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !lihta “seal”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !lihta- “to seal”
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !lihtaina “sealed”
- ⇒ Q. lícuma “taper, candle” ✧ MC/223
  - ⇒ Q. loicolícuma “corpse-candle” ✧ MC/222