budhu

noun. large fly

A Sindarin word for “large fly” appearing in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) of the 1950s as a derivative of ✶buzbō “large fly”, where the medial zb became ðv. The u at the end of this Sindarin word was then the result of the v becoming u after the final vowel o vanished.

budhu

noun. large fly

large fly

budhulug

noun. dragonfly

A neologism for “dragonfly” coined by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo, a combination of S. budhu “large fly” and S. lhûg “snake”, inspired by G. sithaling “fly snake, dragonfly” (GL/68).