Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : TAP

ᴹ√TAP root. “stop”

ᴹ√TAP root. “stop”: ᴱ√TAPA “*taper, stretch out”

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “stop” with derivatives like ᴹQ. tampa “stopper” and ᴹQ. tape “he stops, blocks” (Ety/TAP; EtyAC/TAP). The word Q. tapta “impeded” from notes associated with the Quendi and Eldar essay of 1959-60 was probably related (VT39/17), indicating the root’s ongoing validity.

Reference ✧ Ety/TAP ✧ “stop”

Derivatives

> ᴹQ. tampa “stopper” ✧ Ety/TAP
> ᴹQ. tap- “to stop, block” ✧ Ety/TAP
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !ostap- “to besiege, (lit.) around-block”
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !ostampë “siege”
> ᴺS. !tab- “to stop, block, close”
> Q. tapta “impeded”