My one problem is with lapa-. What would the derivation of Sindarin's laba- be? Or would these be homonyms?

+Fiona Jallings
lapa- is not necessarily the form that could be used if it introduces difficulties down the line. lap- is plausible (see kap-), or even lapta- (see tapta-).

Any ideas for "profit, gain, income"? Simply update Qe. rauna > !roi-na(r), roian(i) ? (cf. Icelandic tekjur, pl.)
I also wouldn't mind hearing people's fav neologisms for "reputation" (*esse-himbar, -hilya ?).

I coined *cambie for "intake, income, profit, gain" from KAB; it's in VQP.

For reputation, there is the EQ noun ais 'good name'; for a more neutral meaning, perhaps *essenyáre 'recount of the name"?

+Tamas Ferencz
Thanks, VQP the Neolexicon [http://middangeard.org.uk/vqp/doku.php] slipped my mind for some reason. After having a look at TAM- (Etym.), *cambië now makes more sense to me.

I wonder if *itya-me-sta (cf. tengwesta) could describe that thing they teach in schools..

*ítea I would rather connect with íta 'flash', thus 'flashing' or 'flashy'. For 'multiple' perhaps *itya (used adjectivally) or *inta (< *it-nā).

*inta is really elegant

+ܤܡܝ ܦܠܕܢܝܘܤ
the answer to 'reputation' may be glaring at us at the top of page 110. of PE22, which gives the much-wanted (how did I not register it before?) TAL "appraise, esteem, value", tatalla admire, wonder at (the excellence of).

Thus 'reputation' could be simply *talaste; or if you'd like to be more specific, perhaps *esse-talaste.


It also makes me wonder whether reduplication beside being a method for the frequentative might also serve as an approximation of the intensifying prefix re we see in so many English (and other IE) verbs, like respect, regard, recognize, etc.

+Tamas Ferencz Any idea for a verb counterpart to *cambie, "to gain, win, recieve"?

+Hjalmar Holm
cam- is attested as "receive"

Ah, I remembered having problem with that verb, but it was in S it was missing. Simply borrowing cam- into S should not be too problematic, right?

Actually, there's no verb roots in Sindarin that end with M, because the Ms became Vs. So, a cognate borrowed into Sindarin would be cav-.

Do all the final m's in S come from other roots, such like MB or B? cam as a noun exists in S.

Word-final Ms in Sindarin come from earlier MM, MB, and MP.