Eldamo : Middle Quenya : tumna

ᴹQ. tumna adj. “lowlying, deep, low” (Category: Low)

ᴹQ. tumna, adj. “lowlying, low; deep, [ᴱQ.] profound; ⚠️dark, hidden” (Category: Low): ᴱQ. hunda “low, lowly”

An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “lowlying, deep, low” derived from ᴹ✶tubnā “deep” under the root ᴹ√TUB (Ety/TUB).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. tumna “deep, profound, dark or hidden” under the early root ᴱ√TUM(B)U (QL/95).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I include the early gloss “profound” but not “dark or hidden”.

Reference ✧ Ety/TUB ✧ “lowlying, deep, low”

Cognates

Ilk. tovon “lowlying, deep, low” ✧ Ety/TUB
N. tofn “lowlying, deep, low” ✧ Ety/TUB

Derivations

< ᴹ✶tubnā “deep” ✧ Ety/TUB
- < ᴹ√TUB “to fall low[?], go down (below normal ground level), (esp.) to go down (sink, dive) into water” ✧ Ety/TUB

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶tubnā > tumna

[tubnā] > [tumnā] > [tumna]

✧ Ety/TUB

ᴱQ. tumna adj. “deep, profound, dark or hidden” (Category: Deep)

See ᴹQ. tumna for discussion.

References ✧ LT1A/Tombo, Utumna; QL/95

Glosses

“deep, profound, dark or hidden” ✧ LT1A/Tombo; LT1A/Utumna; QL/95

Element In

ᴱQ. Utumna “lower regions” ✧ LT1A/Tombo; LT1A/Utumna

Derivations

< ᴱ√TUM(B)U “‽” ✧ LT1A/Tombo (TUMU); QL/95

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√TUM(B)U² > tumna

[tumnā] > [tumna]

✧ QL/95