mundo

bull

mundo (1) noun "bull" (Letters:422)

tarucco

bull

tarucco ("k") noun "bull" (also tarunco) ("k") (LT2:347; Tolkien's later Quenya has mundo)

tarunco

bull

tarunco ("k") noun "bull" (also tarucco) ("k") (LT2:347; Tolkien's later Quenya has mundo)

mundo

noun. bull, ox

A word for “bull” in a 1972 letter to Meriel Thurston (Let/422). A similar form mondo appeared as an element in the name Q. Mondósar “Oxford” from a 1968 letter (DTS/70). See S. mund for other possible conceptual precursors.

Possible Etymology: Luinyelle suggested that this word is likely related to and a later iteration of G. mû “ox” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/58), possibly an agental formation from onomatopoeic ✱mū plus ✶-ndō. I think this is a good theory, but it is somewhat undermined by the existence of mondo-.

Cognates

• S. mund “bull” ✧ Let/423

Element in

• Q. Mondósar “Oxford” ✧ DTS/70
• ᴺQ. mundollë “calf”

Variations

• Mondó ✧ DTS/70 (Mondó)
• MUNDO ✧ Let/422

mund

noun. bull

mund

noun. bull

An Elvish word for “bull” in a 1972 letter to Meriel Thurston appearing as an element in various names such as Aramund “Noble Bull” (Let/423). Given its lack of final vowel, this is likely the Sindarin equivalent of Q. mundo “bull” appearing in another letter to Mrs. Thurston from early in the same year (Let/422).

Conceptual Development: The similar word G. mû “ox” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s serving as the basis for various cow-related words (GL/58).

Cognates

• Q. mundo “bull, ox” ✧ Let/423

Element in

• S. Aramund “Kingly Bull” ✧ Let/423
• ᴺS. munneg “calf”
• ᴺS. munnost “byre, cowhouse”
• S. Rasmund “Horned Bull” ✧ Let/423
• S. Tarmund “Noble Bull” ✧ Let/423
• S. Turcomund “Chief of Bulls” ✧ Let/423

mund

bull

mund (i vund, construct mun), pl. mynd (i mynd), coll. pl. munnath

mund

bull

(i vund, construct mun), pl. mynd (i mynd), coll. pl. munnath