Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : KAVA

ᴱ√KAVA root. “*dig”

⚠️ᴱ√KAVA root. “*dig”: ᴺ√SAP “[ᴱ√] dig, excavate”

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. kava- “dig” and ᴱQ. kambo “cellar, cave, vault” (QL/45). Elvish “dig” words in later writings were mostly based on √SAP.

References ✧ PME/45; QL/45

Variations

KAVA ✧ QL/45
KAV ✧ PME/45

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. kambo “cellar, cave, vault” ✧ QL/45
> ᴱQ. kaune “grave” ✧ PME/45; QL/45
> ᴱQ. kava- “to dig” ✧ QL/45