Eldamo : Early Quenya : kava-

ᴱQ. kava- v. “to dig” (Category: to Dig, Delve)

⚠️ᴱQ. cava-, v. “to dig” (Category: to Dig, Delve): ᴺQ. sap- “to dig”

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “dig” under the early root ᴱ√KAVA (QL/45). The verb form kav- reappeared in charts of Qenya Verb Forms from this same period, but there it was untranslated (PE14/28).

References ✧ PE14/28; QL/45

Glosses

“dig” ✧ QL/45

Variations

kava- ✧ QL/45
kav- ✧ PE14/28

Derivations

< ᴱ√KAVA “*dig” ✧ QL/45

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√KAVA > kava-

[kaβ-] > [kav-]

✧ QL/45