Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : TAPA

ᴱ√TAPA root. “*taper, stretch out”

⚠️ᴱ√TAPA root. “*taper, stretch out”: √TAY “stretch, [ᴹ√] extend, make long(er); ⚠️[√] mark, line, limit”; ᴹ√TAP “stop”

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. tapi- “taper, stretch out; feel for, like tentacles” and ᴱQ. tapatenda “taper fingered (light fingered)” (QL/89). In later writings ᴹ√TAP was glossed “stop” (Ety/TAP).

References ✧ QL/89, 93

ᴱQ. tampo “a well” ‽ or to tapa ✧ QL/93

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. tapa- “to taper, stretch out (intr.), extend thin” ✧ QL/89
- ⇒ ᴱQ. tapatenda “taper fingered, light fingered, long fingered” ✧ QL/89
  - ⇒ ᴱQ. tapatenda mavoisi “Spanish [chestnut]” ✧ QL/57
> ᴱQ. tatya- “to feel for (like tentacles etc.)” ✧ QL/89