Eldamo : Sindarin : sav-

S. #sav- v. “to have” (Category: to Have)

S. #sav-, v. “to have” (Category: to Have)

A verb for “to have” in Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959, derived from the root √SAM of the same meaning (PE17/173). It was the opposite of pen- “to lack, have not”. As such, it seems the verb sav- was not usually negated, but pen- was used instead as in penim vast “we have no bread” [= (lit.) *“we lack bread”] (PE17/144).

References ✧ PE17/173

pen- used as a negative of verb sevin ✧ PE17/173
ᴺS. !sav- “to believe in, accept as fact” vs. #sav- “to have”

Inflections

aw	past 3rd-sg	✧ PE17/173
sevin	present 1st-sg	✧ PE17/173

Derivations

< √SAM¹ “to have” ✧ PE17/173; PE17/173
- < ahawv < SAM ✧ PE17/173

Phonetic Developments

√SAM > sevin	[samini] > [semini] > [semin] > [sevin]	✧ PE17/173
√SAM > ahawv > aw	[asāme] > [asǭme] > [ahǭme] > [ahaume] > [ahaum] > [aum] > [auv] > [au]	✧ PE17/173