ᴹQ. assa¹ n. “hole, perforation, opening, mouth” (Category: Hole)
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “hole, perforation, opening, mouth” derived from primitive ᴹ✶gassā under the root ᴹ√GAS “yawn, gape” (Ety/GAS). The word assa “hole” was a more ancient name of tengwa #31 [, = ss] in notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from around the same period (PE22/21); the normal name of this tengwa is essë “name”.
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. apsa “hole, opening” under the early root ᴱ√AFA “open, begin” (QL/29).
References ✧ Ety/GAS; PE22/21
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| ᴹ✶gassā > assa | [gassā] > [ɣassā] > [assā] > [assa] | ✧ Ety/GAS |