Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : TALAM

√TALAM root. “flat space”

√TALAM root. “flat space, [ᴹ√] floor, ground; base, root, foundation”

See √TAL for discussion.

Reference ✧ PE17/52 ✧ talam “a flat space”

Elements

TAL	“foot; *flat; [ᴱ√] support”

Derivatives

> ᴺQ. !talma- “to found”
> ✶talam “floor; flat space, platform”
- > Q. talan “flat space, platform” ✧ PE17/52
  - ⇒ 4 compounds
- > Q. talma² “flat space, platform” ✧ PE17/52
  - ⇒ [see above]
- > S. talan “platform, flat space, flet [Middle English = ‘floor’]” ✧ PE17/52; PE17/52
  - ⇒ [see above]
- > S. talf “wang, flat field, topographical flat area” ✧ PE17/52
  - ⇒ [see above]
> ✶talmā “basis”
- ⇒ ✶nēn-talma “Wetwang, Nindalf” ✧ PE17/167
  - > S. Nindalf “Wetwang” ✧ PE17/167
- > Q. #talma¹ “basis” ✧ PE21/80
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !talmacasta “upside down, *topsy-turvy, head over foot”
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !talmata- “to base (on), found”
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !talmondo “foundation stone”
> Q. talan “flat space, platform” ✧ PE17/52
- ⇒ 4 compounds
> Q. talma² “flat space, platform” ✧ PE17/52
- ⇒ Q. Nindatalma “Wetwang, Nindalf” ✧ PE17/52
> S. talan “platform, flat space, flet [Middle English = ‘floor’]” ✧ PE17/52
- ⇒ ᴺS. !lothalan “raft, (lit.) floating platform”
> S. talf “wang, flat field, topographical flat area” ✧ PE17/52
- ⇒ S. Nindalf “Wetwang” ✧ PE17/52; PE17/52; PE17/61; RC/779

ᴹ√TALAM root. “base, root, foundation; floor, ground”

See √TAL for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/TAL; PE21/56

Glosses

“base, root, foundation” ✧ PE21/56 (TÁLAM)
“floor, base, ground” ✧ Ety/TAL

Variations

TALAM ✧ Ety/TAL
TÁLAM ✧ PE21/56

Elements

TAL¹

“foot”

✧ Ety/TAL; PE21/56

Derivatives

> Ilk. talum “ground, floor” ✧ Ety/TAL
> ᴹ✶talam “floor, ground; ‘flet’, platform” ✧ PE21/56
- > ᴹQ. talan “floor, ground” ✧ PE21/62
- > N. talaf “ground, floor”
> ᴹ✶talmā “foundation, basis, root” ✧ PE21/56
- > ᴹQ. talma “base, foundation, root”
  - ⇒ [see above]
> ᴹQ. talan “floor, ground” ✧ Ety/TAL
> ᴹQ. talma “base, foundation, root” ✧ Ety/TAL
- ⇒ ᴹQ. Martalmar “Roots of the Earth” ✧ Ety/TAL
- ⇒ ᴹQ. Talmar Ambaren “Roots of the Earth”
> N. talaf “ground, floor” ✧ Ety/TAL; Ety/TAL
> N. talan “flet”

ᴱ√TAW̯A root. “*base”

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. taule “pillar” and ᴱQ. tauma “basis, foundation, ground floor” (QL/90). In Tolkien’s later writing, this sense seems to have been assigned to √TALAM.

References ✧ QL/90

ᴱQ. taule “great tree” cp. taw̯a ✧ QL/90

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. taule² “pillar” ✧ QL/90
- ⇒ ᴱQ. Tauler ✧ PE13/104
> ᴱQ. tauma “basis, foundation, ground floor” ✧ QL/90