S. Lammas pn. “Account of Tongues”
A book by Pengolodh describing the Elvish languages, translated “Account of Tongues” (MR/415, WJ/393). It is a combination of lam¹ “language” with the abstract-noun suffix -as.
Conceptual Development: Tolkien wrote an excerpt from this book in the 1930s, first titled Lammas but soon revised to N. Lhammas (LR/167), because initial [r-], [l-] were unvoiced in his conception of the languages during this time period. Later the name changed back to S. Lammas when Tolkien abandoned this particular phonetic development.
References ✧ MR/415; MRI; WJ/393; WJI
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| lam¹ | “(physical) tongue; language” |
| #-as | “abstract noun” |
N. Lhammas pn. “Account of Tongues, Linguistic History”
References ✧ LR/167, 202; MRI; PE22/34; PMI; RSI; SDI2/Lhammas; TII; WJI/Lammas; WRI
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| lham(b) | “tongue” |
| #-as | “abstract noun” |
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