Eldamo : Neo-Quenya : sov-

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] sov- v. “*to bathe” (Category: to Wash)

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] sov-, v. “*to bathe” (Category: to Wash): ᴱQ. lusta- “to bathe in warm water”

See ᴱQ. sovo- for discussion.

sov- “*to bathe” vs. Q. #hwal- “to wash”

Cognates

ᴺS. ^sov- “to wash clean, bathe”

Derivations

< ^ᴺ√SOW “wash, *bath”

ᴱQ. sovo- v. “to wash” (Category: to Wash)

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. sovo- “wash” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√SOVO or ᴱ√SOW̯O “wash” (QL/86).

Neo-Quenya: In some Neo-Quenya writings (including earlier versions of this lexicon), ᴺQ. sov- is used as the neologism for “wash”. However, in 2024 the word Q. hwal- “wash” was published in PE23, and this is now preferable to sov- for this meaning. I am currently retaining sov- as a neologism for “*bathe” instead, but may revisit this in future versions of this lexicon.

References ✧ QL/86

Glosses

“wash” ✧ QL/86

Variations

sovo- ✧ QL/86

Inflections

sōve

past

✧ QL/86

Element In

ᴱQ. sovalle “washing, bathing” ✧ QL/86 (sovasta)

Cognates

G. sô- “to wash clean, bathe”

Derivations

< ᴱ√SOVO “wash” ✧ QL/86

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√SOVO > sovo-

[soβo-] > [sovo-]

✧ QL/86