S. harvo n. “left hand, left side” (Category: Left (vs. Right))
A word for “the left hand, left side” in notes from the late 1960s (VT47/6), a combination of har- “south; left” and archaic †maw “hand”. A document from 1969 instead had harf “left-hand” (PE23/136), probably of similar origin.
Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. hargam “lefthanded” as a combination of ᴹ√KHYAR “left-hand” and N. cam “hand” (Ety/PHOR).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would assume hargam and harvo coexist, with hargam being an adjective for “left-handed” and harvo being a noun primarily meaning “left side”, with its relationship to “hand” being obscure by the loss of †maw “hand” in Sindarin.
References ✧ PE23/136; VT47/6
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| charf | soft-mutation; h-mutation | ✧ PE23/136 |
Elements
| harn | “southern, south” | ||
| †maw | “hand” | soft-mutation | ✧ VT47/6 (†maw) |
Cognates
N. hargam adj. “left-handed” (Category: Left (vs. Right))
Reference ✧ Ety/KHYAR ✧ “lefthanded”
Related
Elements
| ᴹ√KHYAR | “left hand” | ✧ Ety/KHYAR | |
| cam | “hand” | soft-mutation | |
| ᴹ√KAB¹ | “hollow” | ✧ Ety/KHYAR | |
Cognates