Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : KHIM

√KHIM root. “adhere”

√KHIM root. “adhere, [ᴹ√] stick, cleave [to]”: ᴱ√ETE “cling together”

This root first appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “stick, cleave, adhere” (Ety/KHIM) along with a deleted gloss “endure” (EtyAC/KHIM). It reappeared in the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s with the gloss “adhere” (PE22/103) and again Common Eldarin: Verb Strucure of the early 1950s with the same gloss (PE22/137).

Reference ✧ PE22/137 ✧ “adhere”

ᴱ√SUKU¹ “*resin, gum” might be (partially?) replaced by KHIM “adhere”

Derivatives

⇒ ✶khimīti “clinging, sticking, persistent, chronic” ✧ PE22/137
- > ᴺQ. !himítë “clinging, sticking, (lit.) able to stick on; persistent, chronic”

ᴹ√KHIM root. “adhere, stick, cleave [to]”

See √KHIM for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/KHIM; EtyAC/KHIM; PE22/103

Glosses

“adhere” ✧ PE22/103
“endure, stick, cleave, adhere” ✧ EtyAC/KHIM (KHIM)
“stick, cleave, adhere” ✧ Ety/KHIM

Changes

KHIM “endure, stick, cleave, adhere” >> KHIM “stick, cleave, adhere” ✧ EtyAC/KHIM

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶khaimē “custom, habit” ✧ Ety/KHIM
- > ᴹQ. haime “habit” ✧ Ety/KHIM
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !haimëa “habitual, ⚠️cultural”
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !haimelë “culture”
    - ⇒ ᴺQ. !haimelëa “cultural”
- > N. haew “custom, habit” ✧ Ety/KHIM
> ᴹ✶khīmā “sticky, viscous” ✧ Ety/KHIM
- > N. hiw “sticky, viscous” ✧ Ety/KHIM
- > ᴺQ. !híma “sticky, viscous”
> ᴹQ. him- “to adhere” ✧ PE22/103
- ⇒ ᴹQ. himíte “clinging, able to stick on”
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !himítië “compliance”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !canwahimya “obedient”
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !canwahimië “obedience”
> ᴹQ. himba “adhering, sticking” ✧ Ety/KHIM
> ᴹQ. himya- “to stick to, adhere, cleave to, abide by” ✧ Ety/KHIM
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !himyalë “connection”
> N. him “enduring, continually; steadfast, abiding” ✧ Ety/KHIM; Ety/KHIM
- ⇒ N. Himring “Ever-cold”
> ᴺQ. !himta- “to make stick, attach”
> ᴺS. !hinia- “to stick to, adhere, cleave to, abide by”