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Q. lepetas (lepetass-) n. “index finger” (Category: Finger)

Q. lepetas (lepetass-), n. “index finger” (Category: Finger): Q. amaltil “*mother finger”

A word for the “index finger” in notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from 1968, a combination of ✶lepe “finger” and √TAS “point” (VT47/10-11; VT48/5). The short form Q. tassa (perhaps originally “pointer”?) was also used for the “index finger” (VT48/5).

Conceptual Development: In drafts of these notes, the word first appeared as Q. tastil where the second element was Q. -til “point” (VT47/26), but this was soon revised to leptas (VT47/27).

References ✧ VT47/10-11, 26-27; VT48/5

Glosses

“first or index finger” ✧ VT47/10
“index finger” ✧ VT48/5

Variations

lepetas ✧ VT47/10; VT47/11; VT48/5
leptas ✧ VT47/27; VT47/26 (leptas)

Changes

leptas >> lepetas “first or index finger”; a transient replacement ✧ VT47/26

Inflections

lepetassi

plural

✧ VT47/11

Elements

✶lepe	“finger”	✧ VT47/10; VT47/11
tassa	“index finger”	✧ VT48/5

✶tassā		✧ VT47/11

Cognates

S. lebdas “index finger” ✧ VT48/5

Q. tastil n. “*index finger” (Category: Finger)

See Q. lepetas for discussion.

Reference ✧ VT47/26 ✧ “*index finger”

Elements

√TAS	“point out, indicate”		✧ VT47/26
tillë	“tip, point; [within compounds] finger, toe”	suffix	✧ VT47/26 (-til)