Q. lamba n. “(physical) tongue” (Category: Tongue)
A word for the physical tongue appearing in the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60, derived from primitive ✶lab-mā = “*lick-thing” (WJ/394, 416). It was distinct from Q. lambë “tongue” = “language” (WJ/394). ᴹQ. lamba “tongue” also appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√LAB “lick” (Ety/LAB), where it was likewise distinct from ᴹQ. lambe “language”, as in ᴹQ. parmalambe “book-language” (Ety/PAR).
References ✧ WJ/394, 416
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| ✶lambā > lamba | [lambā] > [lamba] | ✧ WJ/394 |
| ✶lab-mā > lamba | [labmā] > [lambā] > [lamba] | ✧ WJ/416 |