Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : LIB¹

ᴹ√LIB¹ root. “drip”

ᴹ√LIB¹ root. “drip”: ᴱ√LIPI “*drip, drop”

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “drip” with derivative ᴹQ. limba “drop” (Ety/LIB¹). Earlier hints to this root can be seen in the Early Noldorin words ᴱN. lim “water” (< *limb-?) and ᴱN. limig “drop of water” from the 1920s (PE13/123, 124). This 1930s root may also have inherited some of the senses of 1910s ᴱ√LIPI which had derivatives like ᴱQ. lipte- “to drip” and ᴱQ. litl “a tiny drop”, though ᴹ√LIP itself did reappear in The Etymologies of the 1930s and retained its 1910s derivative ᴹQ. limpe “wine”; see √LIP for further discussion.

Reference ✧ Ety/LIB¹ ✧ “drip”

LIB¹ “drip” may have received some of the derivatives of ᴱ√LIPI “*drip, drop”
✶slimbi “sliding, gliding, slippery, sleek” might be related to LIB¹ “drip”

Derivatives

> ᴱN. lim “water”
- ⇒ ᴱN. Cuinlimfin
- ⇒ ᴱN. limig “drop of water” ✧ PE13/124
> ᴹQ. limba “drop” ✧ Ety/LIB¹
- ⇒ ᴹQ. helkelimbe “*icicle, (lit.) ice-drop” ✧ Ety/LIB¹
> ᴺQ. !lilíva- “to (continuously) drip, drip-drop”
> ᴺQ. ^lipta- “to drip”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !liptasar “dripstone”
> ᴺS. limig “[small] drop, ⚠️drop of water”
> ᴺS. ^liv- “to drip”