Eldamo : Quenya : tup-

Q. tup- v. (basic-verb) “to cover” (Category: to Cover)

Q. tup-, v. (basic-verb) “to cover, [ᴱQ.] put a lid on, put hat on, ⚠️roof” (Category: to Cover): ᴱQ. #tildi- “to cover”

A verb appearing as an element in untup- “cover over/down”, so likely “*cover”, based on the root √TUP of similarly meaning (PE17/73).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. tupu- “roof, put lid on, put hat on, cover” under the early root ᴱ√TUPU (QL/95). Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s had ᴱQ. tump- “cover”, probably of similar derivation. The Etymologies of the 1930s instead had ᴹQ. tope “covers” under the root ᴹ√TOP “cover, roof” (Ety/TOP). It seems that by the time The Lord of the Rings was finished, Tolkien had reverted to √TUP “cover”.

References ✧ PE17/73

Inflections

tupe	aorist	“covers”	✧ PE17/73
tūpa	present	“cover”	✧ PE17/73

Element In

ᴺQ. !tupattal “horse-boot”
ᴺQ. !tupina “covered”
Q. #untup- “to cover (over or up), lie as a covering upon, (lit.) to cover down” ✧ PE17/73 (un-tūpa); PE17/73 (un-tupe)

Derivations

< √TUP “cover over, hide”

ᴹQ. top- v. (basic-verb) “to cover” (Category: to Cover)

See Q. tup- for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/TOP

Inflections

tope	aorist	“covers”	✧ Ety/TOP
tompe	past		✧ Ety/TOP

Cognates

N. toba- “to cover, roof over” ✧ Ety/TOP (tobo)

Derivations

< ᴹ√TOP “cover, roof” ✧ Ety/TOP

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√TOP > tope

[top-]

✧ Ety/TOP

ᴱQ. tupu- v. “to roof, put lid on, put hat on, cover” (Category: Roof)

See Q. tup- for discussion.

References ✧ QL/95

Glosses

“roof, put lid on, put hat on, cover” ✧ QL/95

Variations

tupu- ✧ QL/95

Inflections

tūpe

past

✧ QL/95

Element In

ᴱQ. túpele “roofing, tiles, roof” ✧ QL/95 (tūpele)

Cognates

G. tub- “to cover”

Derivations

< ᴱ√TUPU “*cover” ✧ QL/95

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√TUPU > tupu-

[tupu-]

✧ QL/95