Eldamo : Neo-Sindarin : tomp

ᴺS. !tomp adj. “humped, bulging” (Category: Mound, Pile)

ᴺS. !tomp, adj. “humped, bulging” (Category: Mound, Pile)

A neologism coined by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo as a replacement for Gnomish G. caug of similar meaning. It is a hypothetical adjective form of N. tump “hump”, derived from *tumpā.

Derivations

< ᴹ√TUMPU “hump”

G. caug² adj. “humped, bulging; bent” (Category: to Bend)

An adjective in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed {“bowed, humped” >>} “humped, bulging; bent” based on the early root ᴱ√kava- (GL/25).

References ✧ GL/25

Glosses

“bowed, humped” ✧ GL/25 (caug)
“humped, bulging; bent” ✧ GL/25

Cognates

ᴱQ. kauka “crooked, bent, bowed, humped” ✧ GL/25

Derivations

< ᴱ√KAẆA “stoop” ✧ GL/25 (kava-); GL/25 (kava-)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√kava- > caug

[kaβka] > [kavka] > [kavk] > [kauk] > [kaug]

✧ GL/25