LEP

LEP is a Common Eldarin root signifying "finger", or "pick (up, out) with the fingers".

Derivatives
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In the manuscript "Words, Phrases and Passages in The Lord of the Rings" (late 1950, early 1960s) appears the root LEPEN (or LENEP), yielding the derivatives Quenya lempe and Sindarin leben.

In the Etymologies (ca. 1937) appears the root LEP-, LEPET signifying "finger", yielding the derivatives Quenya lepse, Noldorin lhebed. The extended forms LEPEN, LEPEK, signifying "five", yield Quenya lempe, Quenya lemnar ("week"), and Noldorin lheben, Noldorin lhevnar ("week").

In the Gnomish Lexicon (ca. 1917) appears the root lef-, yielding the derivatives Qenya lempe and Gnomish elf.

In the Qenya Lexicon (ca. 1915) appears the root LEPE, with the derivative Qenya let ("finger").

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