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Two questions to phonetics masters (ómanduri): PE19/58 gives the primitive word tálgàrta “high boot”, with, as far as I can see, no descendants.
- had *garta survived into Quenya, would *arta be the only conceivable form it would take?
- had the word survived as a compound only, what the resulting form be any different, e.g. *talyarta?
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According to PE19, lg became…
According to PE19, lg became ll. So *tallarta(?) maybe.
I agree with that assessment…
I agree with that assessment:
https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-2837004771.html
Thank you, both - so, *arta…
Thank you, both - so, *arta but *tallarta, I assume.