Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : KAŊA

ᴱ√KAŊA root. “weave, twine”

⚠️ᴱ√KAŊA root. “weave, twine”: ᴹ√LAN “weave”; ᴺ√KANGA “*tangle; ⚠️[ᴱ√] weave, twine”

A root appearing in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as ᴱ√KANGA “weave” with various derivatives of similar meaning (QL/45), but the actual root probably had medial Ŋ as with ᴱ√KAŊA “twine” appearing later in that same document (QL/98). There are a number of probably-related forms in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon starting with either cang- or cing-, such as G. cang “tangled”, G. cingra “plaited”, and G. cing(win) “spider” (GL/25-26). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, but I think it is worth positing a Neo-Eldarin root ᴺ√KANGA “tangle” to salvage various Gnomish words having to do with tangles and confusion.

References ✧ QL/45, 98

Glosses

“twine” ✧ QL/98
“weave” ✧ QL/45 (KANGA)

Variations

KAŊA ✧ QL/98
KANGA ✧ QL/45

GUŊU “‽” similar to KAŊA “twine” ✧ QL/98

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. #kanga- “to weave, spin” ✧ QL/45
- ⇒ ᴱQ. kangale “web” ✧ QL/45
- ⇒ ᴱQ. kangawinda “cobweb” ✧ QL/45
> ᴱQ. kangaris “spider” ✧ QL/45
> G. cang “tangled, confused, mixed up, awry; tangle, confusion, mêllay”
- ⇒ G. canga- “to tangle” ✧ GL/25
> G. cinga- “to go wrong, get tangled”
⇒ G. cingra “plaited”
- ⇒ G. cingrafindl “pigtail” ✧ GL/26
⇒ G. cingra- “to plait”
> G. cing(win) “spider”