ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] sangwa [þ] adj. “tight, thick, dense, tough, hard” (Category: Thick (in Density))
Derivations
ᴱQ. sangwa adj. “tight, thick, dense, tough, hard” (Category: Thick (in Density))
The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. sangwa “tight, thick, dense, tough, hard” as an adjective related to the noun ᴱQ. sanga “throng, tight mass, crowd”, both under the early root ᴱ√SAŊA “pack tight, press” (QL/81).
Neo-Quenya: Since Q. sanga “throng” survived in Tolkien’s later writings, I would retain ᴺQ. sangwa “tight, thick, dense, tough, hard” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, reconceived as a derivative of the later root √THAG “crush, press” and thus historically starting with þ rather than s.
Reference ✧ QL/81 ✧ “tight, thick, dense, tough, hard”
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Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√SAŊA > sangwa | [saŋwā] > [saŋwa] > [saŋgwa] | ✧ QL/81 |