Eldamo : Neo-Quenya : sap-

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

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

See ᴱQ. sapa- for discussion.

Cognates

ᴺS. !sab- “to dig”

Derivations

< ᴺ√SAP “[ᴱ√] dig, excavate”

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

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. sapa- “dig” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√SAPA of the same basic meaning (QL/82). The verb ᴱQ. sap- “dig” reappeared in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/145).

Neo-Quenya: Since the root √SAP appeared in Tolkien’s later writing, I would retain ᴺQ. sap- “to dig” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

References ✧ PE16/145; QL/82

Glosses

“dig” ✧ PE16/145 (sap-); QL/82

Variations

sapa- ✧ QL/82
sap- ✧ PE16/145

Inflections

sampe-

past

✧ QL/82

Cognates

G. saptha- “to dig, bite into”

Derivations

< ᴱ√SAPA “dig, excavate” ✧ QL/82

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√SAPA > sapa-

[sapa-]

✧ QL/82