Q. #amorta- v. “to heave” (Category: to Lift, Raise)
A verb for “to heave” appearing only in its active participle form amortala “heaving” in the Markirya poem of the 1960s (MC/222). It appears to be a combination of am- “up” and orta-¹ “raise”, or possibly orta-² “rise” since in the poem it is used intransitively: ëar amortala “the seas heaving”.
Conceptual Development: In the Oilima Markirya poem from around 1930s, Tolkien instead had the adjective for ᴱQ. qalume “heaving” (MC/213). Its etymology is unclear, since ᴱ√QALA (QL/76) was usually associated with “death” in the this period and later. The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had a similar verb stem ᴱQ. amu- “raise” under the early root ᴱ√AM(U) “up(wards)” (QL/30).
References ✧ MC/222
Related
Inflections
| amortala | active-participle | “heaving” | ✧ MC/222 |
Elements
| #am- | “up” |
| orta-¹ | “to raise, lift (up), (lit.) cause to rise” |
Element In
ᴱQ. qalume² adj. “heaving” (Category: to Lift, Raise)
Reference ✧ MC/214 ✧ qalume “heaving”
Element In
ᴱQ. amu- v. “to raise” (Category: to Lift, Raise)
References ✧ LT2A/Amon Gwareth; QL/30
Glosses
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√AM(U) > amu- | [amu-] | ✧ QL/30 |