Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : LILT

ᴹ√LILT root. “dance”

ᴹ√LILT root. “dance”: ᴱ✶lḷt- “to dance”

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dance” with derivative ᴹQ. lilta- of the same meaning (Ety/LILT). It is a later iteration of ᴱ√LḶTḶ “dance” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, with both Qenya and Gnomish derivatives like ᴱQ. lilt and G. lalt “dance” (QL/55; GL/52).

Reference ✧ Ety/LILT ✧ “dance”

Derivatives

> ᴹQ. lilta- “to dance” ✧ Ety/LILT
- ⇒ ᴺQ. liltië “dancing, dance”
> ᴺQ. ^liltë “dance”
> ᴺS. ^lilt “dance”
> ᴺS. ^liltha- “to dance”

ᴱ√LḶTḶ root. “dance”

See ᴹ√LILT for discussion.

Reference ✧ QL/55 ✧ “dance”

Derivatives

> ᴱ✶lḷt- “to dance”
- > ᴱQ. lilt- “to dance” ✧ PE14/58; PE14/58; PE14/58
  - ⇒ [see above]
- > G. laltha- “to dance”
> ᴱQ. lilt- “to dance” ✧ QL/55
- ⇒ ᴱQ. Liltassi
- ⇒ ᴱQ. liltie “dancing, dance” ✧ QL/55
> ᴱQ. lilt “dance” ✧ QL/55
> G. lalt “dance”