Eldamo : Middle Quenya : latta¹

ᴹQ. latta¹ n. “hole, pit” (Category: Hole)

ᴹQ. latta¹, n. “hole, pit” (Category: Hole): ᴱQ. nolmo “pit”

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “hole, pit” derived from primitive ᴹ✶dattā under the root ᴹ√DAT “fall down” (Ety/DAT). This word reappeared with the same derivation in the ink version of this entry, with the gloss “pit” (EtyAC/DAT).

References ✧ Ety/DAT; EtyAC/DAT

Glosses

“hole, pit” ✧ Ety/DAT
“pit” ✧ EtyAC/DAT

Cognates

N. dath “hole, pit; steep fall, abyss” ✧ Ety/DAT; EtyAC/DAT

Derivations

< ᴹ✶dattā “hole, pit” ✧ Ety/DAT; EtyAC/DAT
- < ᴹ√DAT “fall down” ✧ Ety/DAT; EtyAC/DAT

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶dattā > latta	[dattā] > [lattā] > [latta]	✧ Ety/DAT
ᴹ✶dattā > latta	[dattā] > [lattā] > [latta]	✧ EtyAC/DAT