Eldamo : Quenya : ampa

Q. ampa n. “hook” (Category: Hook, Crook)

Q. ampa, n. “hook, [ᴹQ.] crook” (Category: Hook, Crook): ᴱQ. lempë² “crook, hook”

A noun for a “hook” and name of tengwa #14 [r] in The Lord of the Rings appendices (LotR/1123). It is derived from primitive ✶gapna based on the root √GAP “bend (tr.)” (VT47/20). The Etymologies of the 1930s also had ᴹQ. ampa “hook” under the root ᴹ√GAP (Ety/GAP). This word was already the name of tengwa #14 in notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1930s and 40s, where it was glossed “crook” (PE22/22, 50).

References ✧ LotR/1123; PE17/104; VT47/20

Glosses

“hook” ✧ LotR/1123; VT47/20

ampa “hook” is not from √map ✧ VT47/20

Element In

ᴺQ. !ciryampa “anchor, (lit.) boat-hook”

Cognates

S. gamp “hook, crook” ✧ VT47/20
T. gampa “hook, crook” ✧ VT47/20

Derivations

< ✶gampa “hook” ✧ VT47/20
- < √GAP “bend (tr.)” ✧ VT47/20
  - < gapna < gap ✧ VT47/20

Phonetic Developments

✶gampa > ampa

[gampa] > [ɣampa] > [ampa]

✧ VT47/20

ᴹQ. ampa n. “hook, crook” (Category: Hook, Crook)

See Q. ampa for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/GAP; PE22/22, 50

Glosses

“crook” ✧ PE22/22; PE22/50
“hook” ✧ Ety/GAP

Cognates

N. gamp “hook, claw” ✧ Ety/GAP

Derivations

< ᴹ√GAP “*hook” ✧ Ety/GAP

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√GAP > ampa

[gampa] > [ɣampa] > [ampa]

✧ Ety/GAP