Eldamo : Middle Quenya : sungwa

ᴹQ. sungwa n. “drinking-vessel” (Category: Cup)

⚠️ᴹQ. sungwa, n. “drinking-vessel” (Category: Cup): Q. yulma “cup, drinking vessel, drinking implement, ⚠️goblet”

A noun for “drinking-vessel” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from ᴹ✶sukmā under the root ᴹ√SUK “drink” (Ety/SUK).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d stick to later Q. yulma “cup, drinking vessel” to avoid dealing with changes to the phonetic rules whereby km > gm > ngw that Tolkien made in the 1950s.

Reference ✧ Ety/SUK ✧ “drinking-vessel”

Q. yulma “cup, drinking vessel, drinking implement, goblet” may replace sungwa “drinking-vessel”

Cognates

Ilk. saum “drinking-vessel” ✧ Ety/SUK

Derivations

< ᴹ✶sukmā “drinking-vessel” ✧ Ety/SUK
- < ᴹ√SUK “drink, drain” ✧ Ety/SUK

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶sukmā > sungwa

[sukmā] > [sugmā] > [suŋmā] > [suŋgwā] > [suŋgwa]

✧ Ety/SUK