ᴹQ. namba n. “hammer” (Category: Hammer)
A noun for “a hammer” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√NDAM “hammer, beat” (Ety/NDAM). Tolkien wrote an l/ above this word, possibly indicating a variant form lamba (EtyAC/NDAM). This variant is consistent with the alternate form of the root: ᴹ√DAM (EtyAC/NDAM). I would stick to namba “hammer” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. artan (artam-) or tartan “hammer” (QL/32), the second variant also appearing with a stem form tartam- under the early root ᴱ√TARA(MA) “to batter, thud, beat” (QL/89). Other early “hammer” words include ᴱQ. petl “hammer” under the early root ᴱ√PETE (QL/73) and ᴱQ. tonga “a great hammer” under the early root ᴱ√TOŊO “to hammer” (QL/94).
References ✧ Ety/NDAM; EtyAC/NDAM
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| ᴹ√NDAM > namba | [ndamba] > [namba] | ✧ Ety/NDAM |
ᴱQ. artan (artam-) n. “hammer” (Category: Hammer)
References ✧ QL/32, 89
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| artam- | stem | ✧ QL/32 |
| tartam- | stem | ✧ QL/89 |
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| ᴱ√TARAMA > tartan | [adram] > [atram] > [artam] > [artan] | ✧ QL/89 |
ᴱQ. petl n. “hammer” (Category: Hammer)
Reference ✧ QL/73 ✧ “hammer”
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| ᴱ√PETE > petl | [petlǝ] > [petl] > [petḷ] > [petḷ] | ✧ QL/73 |