S. lembas n. “waybread, journey-bread” (Category: Bread)

S. lembas, n. “waybread, journey-bread” (Category: Bread)

References ✧ LotR/369; LotRI/Lembas, Waybread; MR/214, 471; PE17/51-52, 60; PM/404; PMI/Lembas; S/202; SA/cuivië; SI; UTI

Glosses

• “bread taken on leaving home (for a long journey)” ✧ PE17/52
• “journey-bread” ✧ PM/404; SI/lembas
• “lembas” ✧ PE17/51 (**leðbast); PE17/52 (**leðbas)
• “life-bread” ✧ SA/cuivië
• “way-bread” ✧ LotRI/Lembas
• “waybread” ✧ LotR/369; LotRI/Waybread; PE17/51; PE17/60; PMI/Lembas; S/202; UTI/lembas

Variations

• lembas ✧ LotR/369; LotRI/Lembas; LotRI/Waybread; MR/214; MR/471; PE17/51; PE17/51; PE17/51; PE17/52; PE17/60; PM/404; PMI/Lembas; S/202; SA/cuivië; SI/lembas; UTI/lembas
• **leðbast ✧ PE17/51
• **leðbas ✧ PE17/52

Related

• **leðbast “lembas” is how the normal Sindarin development would have been for lembas “waybread” ✧ PE17/51
• **leðbas “lembas” is, if √LED had remained in common use in Sindarin, the expected form of lembas “bread taken on leaving home (for a long journey)” ✧ PE17/52
• Q. coimas “life-bread” is the Quenya name for lembas “journey-bread” ✧ PM/404
• Q. coimas “life-bread, lembas” ✧ SA/cuivië

Elements

√LED	“go, proceed”	✧ PE17/51
#bas(t)	“bread”
√MBAS	“bake”	✧ PE17/51

Cognates

• Q. coimas “life-bread, lembas” ✧ SI/lembas
• Q. lerembas “bread taken on leaving home (for a long journey)” ✧ PE17/52

Derivations

• < ?✶le(n)dembassē “bread taken on leaving home (for a long journey)” ✧ PE17/51 (ledme-mbasta); PE17/51 (ledme-mbassē); PE17/52 (led(e)mbasse)
  • < lenmbast < lenm(e)mbast(a) < ledme-mbasta ✧ PE17/51
• < OS. lenn-mbass “way-bread” ✧ LotRI/Lembas (len-bas); PE17/60 (lendbas); PM/404; SI/lembas
  • < ?✶le(n)dembassē “bread taken on leaving home (for a long journey)”

Phonetic Developments

OS. len-bas > Lembas	[lenbas] > [lembas]	✧ LotRI/Lembas
✶ledme-mbasta > lenm(e)mbast(a) > lenmbast > lembas	[ledmembasta] > [lenmembasta] > [lenmembast] > [lenmbast] > [lenbast] > [lembast]	✧ PE17/51
✶ledme-mbassē > lembas	[ledmembassē] > [ledmembasse] !!! [lenmembasse] > [lenmembass] > [lenmbass] > [lenbass] > [lembass] > [lembas]	✧ PE17/51
✶led(e)mbasse > lembas	[ledmbasse] > [lenmbasse] > [lenmbasse] > [lenbass] > [lembass] > [lembas]	✧ PE17/52
OS. lendbas > lembas	[lendbas] > [lenbas] > [lembas]	✧ PE17/60
OS. lenn-mbass > lembas	[lennmbas] > [lenbas] > [lembas]	✧ PM/404
OS. lenn-mbass > lembas	[lennmbas] > [lenbas] > [lembas]	✧ SI/lembas

N. lembas n. “waybread” (Category: Bread)

References ✧ EtyAC/LEN; SDI1/lembas; TI/279; TII/Lembas; WRI

Glosses

• “waybread” ✧ EtyAC/LEN; TI/279; TII/Lembas; WRI/lembas

Derivations

• < ᴹ√LEN “(?road), way” ✧ EtyAC/LEN

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√LEN > lembas

[lenbas] > [lembas]

✧ EtyAC/LEN