ben

root. corner (from inside), angle from inside

A (Noldorin only?) root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “corner (from inside), angle from inside” with only one derivative, N. bennas “angle” (Ety/BEN). It might be a latter iteration of ᴱ√VENE “shape, cut out, scoop” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (originally glossed “small boat”) with derivatives like ᴱQ. vene/G. bent “small boat” and ᴱQ. venie/G. benn “shape, cut” (QL/100-101; GL/22).

besnō

noun. husband

rep

root. bend, hook

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “bend, hook” with a single derivative ᴹQ. rempa “crooked, hooked” (Ety/REP). The root was initially writing as ᴹ√REK as a variant of ᴹ√RIKH, but this was rejected (EtyAC/REP).

rayak

root. *crooked, bent, wrong

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives ᴹQ. raika “crooked, bent, wrong” and N. rhoeg “wrong” (Ety/RÁYAK).

kuʒnā

adjective. bowed, bow-shaped, bent

n(d)ur

root. bow down, bend (low), obey, serve; grow/be dark

pen(ed)

root. *hillside, slope

(n)di

root. in

al

prefix. without

dēr

noun. man

imi

root. in

kantaya

adjective. shapely

katwārā

adjective. shapely

kwen(ed)

root. Elf

kwenedē

noun. Elf

kwentā

noun. tale

ragnā

adjective. crooked

skwar

root. crooked

This root appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as ᴹ√SKWAR “crooked” with derivatives like ᴹQ. hwarin “crooked” and Dan. swarn “perverse, obstinate, hard to deal with” (Ety/SKWAR). In red-ink revisions to the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s Tolkien decided that the initial combination skw- was not possible (PE19/78 and note #51). For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, this root might be salvaged by assuming its actual form was ᴺ√SWAR.