moia-

labour, be afflicted

moia- vb. "labour, be afflicted" (VT43:31)

moia-

verb. to labour, be afflicted, to be afflicted, *be laboured; to labour

Derivations

• √MŌ “labour, be afflicted” ✧ PE17/115
• ✶mōya- “to toil, labour, be afflicted” ✧ VT43/31
  • √MŌ “labour, be afflicted” ✧ VT43/31

Element in

• ᴺQ. namoia- “to work (hard) for; to earn”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√MBOL > mol-	[mbol-] > [mol-]	✧ PE17/115
✶mōjă > moia-	[mōja-] > [moija-] > [moia-]	✧ VT43/31

Variations

• mol- ✧ PE17/115 (mol-)

mol-

labour

mol- vb. "labour" (a form mólë also listed is presumably the pa.t. though it could also be "labour" as a noun) (PE17:115)

mol-

verb. to labour

Element in

• ᴺQ. molië “labour, work”
• ᴺQ. molindo “worker”

móta-

labour, toil

móta- noun "labour, toil" (MŌ)

tarassë

noun. labour

Derivations

• ᴹ√TARAS “*trouble”

muda

labour

(verb.) muda- (i vuda, i mudar) (toil), pa.t. mudas

muda

labour

(i vuda, i mudar) (toil), pa.t. mudas

mō

root. labour, be afflicted

This root first appeared as unglossed ᴹ√MŌ in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. mól/N. mûl “slave, thrall” and ᴹQ. móta-/N. muda- “labour, toil” (Ety/MŌ). The root √mō was mentioned again in notes associated with 1950s Quenya prayers, where it was glossed “labour, be afflicted” along with verb Q. moia- of similar meaning and noun (Q. or primitive) mōl “slave” < mō-l; Tolkien went on to suggest √mol might be a better root, though he marked it with a “?” (VT43/31).

In notes on “large vs. small” from 1968 Tolkien had (root or verb?) mol- “labour” and (noun?) mōle, followed by MBOL/BOL with derivative Q. molda “big, large”, but this note was crossed through and √(M)BOL “✱large” did not appear in the next list of the large/small roots (PE17/115). Thus I think √MO(L) reverted back to the meaning “labour”.

Derivatives

• ✶mōl “slave, slave, [ᴹ✶] thrall” ✧ VT43/31
  • Q. mól “slave, slave, [ᴹQ.] thrall” ✧ VT43/31
• ✶mōya- “to toil, labour, be afflicted” ✧ VT43/31
  • Q. moia- “to labour, be afflicted, to be afflicted, *be laboured; to labour” ✧ VT43/31
• Q. moia- “to labour, be afflicted, to be afflicted, *be laboured; to labour” ✧ PE17/115
• Q. molda “big, large” ✧ PE17/115
• ᴺQ. mólë “labour, work”
• Q. mólë “*labour, work” ✧ PE17/115
• Q. móna “*womb”
• ᴺS. ammuia- “to work (hard) for, to earn”
• ᴺS. mûn “womb”

Element in

• ᴺQ. omolmë “company, business, enterprise, firm”

Variations

• MBOL ✧ PE17/115 (MBOL); PE17/165 (MBOL)
• BOL ✧ PE17/115 (BOL); PE17/150; PE17/165 (BOL)
• mō ✧ VT43/31

mōya-

verb. to toil, labour, be afflicted

Derivations

• √MŌ “labour, be afflicted” ✧ VT43/31

Derivatives

• Q. moia- “to labour, be afflicted, to be afflicted, *be laboured; to labour” ✧ VT43/31

Variations

• mōja- ✧ PE21/71
• mōjă ✧ VT43/31

muda-

verb. to labour, toil

tars

noun. labour, task

tass

noun. labour, task