Q. lav- v. (basic-verb) “to lick” (Category: to Lick)
A verb for “to lick” based on the root √LAB of similar meaning (PE17/72; PE22/151-152; RGEO/59).
Conceptual Development: This verb dates all the way back to ᴱQ. lava- “lick” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s where it was derived from the early root ᴱ√LAVA (QL/52). It retained this form in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/134), and in The Etymologies of the 1930s it appeared as ᴹQ. lavin “I lick” under the root ᴹ√LAB “lick” (Ety/LAB). The verb and root continued to appear regularly in Tolkien’s later writings.
References ✧ PE17/72; PE22/151-152; RGEO/59
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| lauva | future | ✧ PE22/152 | |
| †lavuva | future | ✧ PE22/152 | |
| lava | imperative | ✧ PE22/152 | |
| **lambe | past | ✧ PE22/151: [from a possibly transient rejection of nasal-infixed past tenses] | |
| lamne | past | ✧ PE22/151 | |
| láve | past | ✧ PE22/151 | |
| lāve | past | ✧ PE17/72 | |
| lāve | past | “licked” | ✧ RGEO/59 |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| √LABA > lamne | [labne] > [lamne] | ✧ PE22/151 |
| ✶labā́ > lava | [labā] > [laβā] > [laβa] > [lava] | ✧ PE22/152 |
| ✶laƀuvā > †lavuva | [labuvā] > [laβuvā] > [laβuva] > [lavuva] | ✧ PE22/152 |
ᴹQ. lav-¹ v. (basic-verb) “to lick” (Category: to Lick)
References ✧ Ety/LAB; PE22/102, 104-105
Inflections
| lave | aorist | “lick” | ✧ PE22/102 |
| lavin | aorist 1st-sg | “I lick” | ✧ Ety/LAB |
| aláviéva | future-perfect; prosodic-lengthening | ✧ PE22/105 | |
| láviéva | future-perfect; prosodic-lengthening | ✧ PE22/105 | |
| láve | past | ✧ PE22/102; PE22/104 | |
| láven | past with-1st-sg-object | ✧ PE22/104 | |
| alávie | perfect | ✧ PE22/102 | |
| lávielle | perfect ? | ✧ PE22/104 |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√LAB > lavin | [labin] > [laβin] > [lavin] | ✧ Ety/LAB |
| ᴹ√LAB > lave | [labi] > [labe] > [laβe] > [lave] | ✧ PE22/102 |