Sindarin 

budhu

noun. large fly

large fly

Sindarin [PE 19:101] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

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.

Cognates

  • T. buspo “large fly” ✧ PE19/101

Derivations

  • buzbō “large fly” ✧ PE19/101
    • BUZBU “*large fly”

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
buzbō > buðu[buzbō] > [buzbo] > [buðβo] > [buðvo] > [buðv] > [buðw] > [buðu]✧ PE19/101

Variations

  • buðu ✧ PE19/101
Sindarin [PE19/101] Group: Eldamo. Published by