Eldamo : Early Quenya : telpe²

ᴱQ. telpe² n. “butter” (Category: Butter)

⚠️ᴱQ. telpë², n. “butter” (Category: Butter): ᴺQ. manya “butter”; Q. telpë “silver; [ᴱQ.] money”

A Qenya word for “butter” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s from primitive ᴱ✶t’lḗpe (PE13/154), a temporary repurposing of the form usually used for “silver”, which in this document was ᴱQ. telqe from primitive ᴱ✶kelekwé (PE13/140).

Reference ✧ PE13/154 ✧ telpe “butter”

Cognates

ᴱIlk. thilf “butter” ✧ PE13/154 (þilf)
ᴱN. tlî “butter” ✧ PE13/154 (tlí)
ᴱT. telpe “butter” ✧ PE13/154

Derivations

< ᴱ✶t’lḗpe “butter” ✧ PE13/154

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶t’lḗpe > telpe

[telepē] > [telepe] > [telpe]

✧ PE13/154