Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : KOM

√KOM root. “gather, collect”

√KOM root. “gather, collect”: ᴱ√KOMO “*ball, roll”; ᴱ√LESE “collect”

A root Tolkien invented to explain S. mae govannen “well met”, serving as the basis for the verb S. covad(a)- “bring together, make meet” (PE17/16, 157-158). Tolkien gave this root as both √KOB and √KOM, but some of its Quenya derivatives can only be derived from √KOM: Q. comya- “to collect” and Q. ócom- “to gather, assemble”. For Tolkien’s earlier conceptions on the foundations for mae govannen, see the entry on √BA(N).

References ✧ PE17/16, 150, 157-158

Glosses

“gather, collect” ✧ PE17/150 (KOB); PE17/158 (KOB)
“gather, collect, bring to same place/point” ✧ PE17/157 (KOB)

Variations

KOM ✧ PE17/150; PE17/158; PE17/158; PE17/157 (KOM)
KOB ✧ PE17/150; PE17/158; PE17/158; PE17/16 (KOB-); PE17/157 (KOB)

Derivatives

> ᴺQ. !comë “group”
> ᴺQ. !cómë “file”
> Q. comya- “to collect” ✧ PE17/158
> Q. conta- “[unglossed]” ✧ PE17/157
> Q. ócom- “to gather, assemble” ✧ PE17/157; PE17/158
> Q. (o)combë “gathering, assembly, assemblage, collection” ✧ PE17/157; PE17/158
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !élicombë “galaxy, collection of stars”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !námocombë “tribunal”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !(o)combëa “collective, assembled, cooperative, concerted, corporate, consolidated”
> S. cova- “to come together, meet; to gather, assemble” ✧ PE17/157; PE17/158
- ⇒ ᴺS. !covas “community”
> S. covad(a)- “to bring together, make meet” ✧ PE17/16; PE17/158