Eldamo : Early Quenya : tapa-

ᴱQ. tapa- v. “to taper, stretch out (intr.), extend thin” (Category: to Stretch)

⚠️ᴱQ. tapa-, v. “to taper, stretch out (intr.), extend thin” (Category: to Stretch): ᴹQ. lat- “to be extended, stretch, [ᴱQ.] spread, extend; [ᴹQ.] to be situated (of an area), lie (of lands or regions)”

A verb appearing as tapi- in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with glosses “(intr.) taper, stretch out” under the early root ᴱ√TAPA, along side a transitive variant tatya- (QL/89). It appeared as tapa- “extend thin” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/134).

References ✧ PE16/134; QL/89

Glosses

“extend thin” ✧ PE16/134
“taper, stretch out (intr.)” ✧ QL/89 (tapi-)

Variations

tapa- ✧ PE16/134
tapi- ✧ QL/89

Inflections

tapīne

past

✧ QL/89

Element In

ᴱQ. tapatenda “taper fingered, light fingered, long fingered” ✧ QL/89

Derivations

< ᴱ√TAPA “*taper, stretch out” ✧ QL/89

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√TAPA > tapi-

[tapa-]

✧ QL/89