Eldamo : Middle Quenya : latta²

ᴹQ. latta² n. “strap” (Category: Leather)

ᴹQ. latta², n. “strap” (Category: Leather)

A noun for “strap” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√LATH (Ety/LATH).

Conceptual Development: A possible precursor is ᴱQ. līmen “thong, band” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√LIMI (QL/54).

Reference ✧ Ety/LATH ✧ latta “strap”

Element In

ᴺQ. !antolatta “bridle, (lit.) mouth-strap”
ᴺQ. !lattasta “harness, (lit.) collection of straps”

Cognates

N. lhath “thong of (?leather)” ✧ Ety/LATH

Derivations

< ᴹ√LATH “string, thong” ✧ Ety/LATH (LATH/LAT)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√LATH/LAT > latta

[lattʰa] > [lattʰa]

✧ Ety/LATH

ᴱQ. límen n. “thong, band” (Category: Leather)

See ᴹQ. latta² for discussion.

Reference ✧ QL/54 ✧ līmen “thong, band”

Cognates

G. laim “thong, rope”

Derivations

< ᴱ√LIMI “*bind” ✧ QL/54

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√LIMI > līmen

[līmen]

✧ QL/54