Eldamo : Early Quenya : qapta-²

ᴱQ. qapta-² v. “to flap” (Category: to Shake)

⚠️ᴱQ. quapta-², v. “to flap” (Category: to Shake): ᴺQ. quas- “to shake, flap, nod, ⚠️rustle”

A verb appearing in the Early Qenya Phonology of the 1920s with the gloss “to flap”, derived from ᴱ✶ku̯ap- as an elaboration of ᴱ√kapa “leap” (PE14/66). Oddly, Tolkien gave it the primitive form ᴱ✶ku̯api̯a-.

Reference ✧ PE14/66 ✧ qapta- “to flap”

qapta- “to flap” vs. qap- “throb, flutter” ✧ PE14/66

Derivations

< ᴱ✶kwapya- ✧ PE14/66 (ku̯api̯a-)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶ku̯api̯a- > qapta-

[kʷapja-] ? [kʷapta-]

✧ PE14/66