Quenya 

cúnë

crescent, bow

cúnë _("k")_noun "crescent, bow" (LT1:271). Cf. cú.

cú

arch, crescent

cú ("k")noun "arch, crescent" (KU3); "crescent Moon" (LT1:271; the long vowel was denoted by a circumflex rather than an accent in the early "Qenya" lexicon). In Sindarin, the same word can be used for a "bow" as used to shoot arrows (but possibly this is only quinga in Quenya).

luhta-

to bow

luhta- (2) vb. "to bow" (VT47:35); this intransitive verb can be distinguished from luhta- "enchant" above, since #1 is transitive and will always have a direct object, something #2 never has.

cúnë

noun. crescent, arch, bow

Derivations

  • √KU(H) “bow, [ᴱ√] bend”

Sindarin 

cû

noun. arch, crescent

Sindarin [Ety/365, S/429] Group: SINDICT. Published by

cúron

noun. the crescent Moon

Sindarin [Ety/365, X/Z] cû+raun. Group: SINDICT. Published by

cû

noun. bow, bow; [N.] arch, crescent; [G.] waxing or waning moon

Cognates

  • Q. cúma “[unglossed]” ✧ PE17/122

Derivations

  • ✶kūma ✧ PE17/122
    • √KU(H) “bow, [ᴱ√] bend”

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶kūma > cû(f)[kūma] > [kūm] > [kūv] > [kū]✧ PE17/122

Variations

  • cû(f) ✧ PE17/122
  • Cú ✧ S/209
  • cú ✧ SA/cú
Sindarin [PE17/122; S/209; SA/cú] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cû

noun. bow

Sindarin [Ety/365, S/429] Group: SINDICT. Published by

cû

crescent

cû (i gû, o chû) (arch, bow), pl. cui (i chui);

cû

crescent

(i gû, o chû) (arch, bow), pl. cui (i chui);

cúron

crescent moon

(i gúron, o chúron), pl. cúroen (i churoen). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” cúran; compare the Sindarin month-names in -ron.

cû

arch

cû (i gû, o chû) (bow, crescent), pl. cui (i chui)

cû

arch

(i gû, o chû) (bow, crescent), pl. cui (i chui)

peng

bow

(i beng, o pheng), pl. ping (i phing)

eilian

rainbow

(pl. eiliain). Archaic elianw (so the coll. pl. may be eilianwath).

cû

bow

(i gû, o chû) (arch, crescent), pl. cui (i chui)

Telerin 

lú

noun. bow

Derivations

  • ✶lū “bow, curve” ✧ VT47/12
    • ✶luʒu “*bow” ✧ VT47/35

Variations

  • lū ✧ VT47/12

Noldorin 

cû

noun. arch, crescent

Noldorin [Ety/365, S/429] Group: SINDICT. Published by

cû

noun. arch, crescent

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. kú “bow, bow; [ᴱQ.] crescent moon” ✧ Ety/KUƷ

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶kuu̯ “bow” ✧ Ety/KUƷ
    • ᴹ√KU(Ʒ) “bow” ✧ Ety/KUƷ

Element in

  • N. cúran “crescent moon” ✧ Ety/KUƷ

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶kuu̯ > cû[kuɣu] > [kū]✧ Ety/KUƷ
Noldorin [Ety/KUƷ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cúran

noun. the crescent Moon

Noldorin [Ety/365, X/Z] cû+raun. Group: SINDICT. Published by

cû

noun. bow

Noldorin [Ety/365, S/429] Group: SINDICT. Published by

Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Qenya 

kú

noun. bow, bow; [ᴱQ.] crescent moon

Cognates

  • N. cû “arch, crescent” ✧ Ety/KUƷ

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶kuu̯ “bow” ✧ Ety/KUƷ
    • ᴹ√KU(Ʒ) “bow” ✧ Ety/KUƷ

Element in

  • ᴺQ. cungandë “violin, (lit.) bow-harp”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶kuu̯ > kú[kuɣ] > [kū]✧ Ety/KUƷ

Middle Primitive Elvish

ku(ʒ)

root. bow

The root ᴹ√KU(Ʒ) “bow” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/KUƷ), most likely a later version of ᴱ√KUVU “bend, bow” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/49). One notable derivative in both periods was G. cû “bow, crescent” and N. cû “arch, crescent”, which regularly appeared as S. cû “bow” in later writings, for example in S. Laer Cú Beleg “Song of the Great Bow” (GL/27; Ety/KUƷ; S/209).

The probably-related root ᴹ√KUB “bow” appeared in the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s (PE22/102); ᴹQ. nukumna “humbled (?under-bowed)” from this period may also be related (SD/246). In notes from the late 1950s or early 1960s Tolkien gave ✶kūma, Q. cúma and S. cû(f) next to Q. lúva “bow, bight (not for shooting)” < √LUB “bend”, so presumably cúma/cû was “bow (for shooting)” (PE17/122). Finally Q. cúna “bent, curved” appeared in notes associated with the version of the Q. Markirya poem from the late 1960s, along with a verb form cúna- “to bend” (MC/222-223).

These variations make it difficult to determine what Tolkien intended the root to mean, but for purposes of Neo-Eldarin I would assume a base root of √KU(Ʒ) or √KU(H) with perhaps a verbal variant √KUB based on its use in the 1940s, and with the primitive sense “bow, bend”.

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶kuʒnā “bowed, bow-shaped, bent” ✧ Ety/KUƷ
    • Ilk. caun “bowed, bow-shaped, bent” ✧ Ety/KUƷ
    • Dan. cogn “bowed, bow-shaped, bent” ✧ Ety/KUƷ
    • N. cûn “bowed, bow-shaped, bent, bowed, bent, bow-shaped, [G.] concave” ✧ Ety/KUƷ
  • ᴹ✶kuu̯ “bow” ✧ Ety/KUƷ
    • ᴹQ. kú “bow, bow; [ᴱQ.] crescent moon” ✧ Ety/KUƷ
    • N. cû “arch, crescent” ✧ Ety/KUƷ
  • ᴹQ. kuv- “to bow” ✧ PE22/102

Element in

  • ᴹ✶kuʒnā “bowed, bow-shaped, bent”
  • ᴹQ. nukumna “humbled”

Variations

  • KUƷ ✧ Ety/KUƷ; EtyAC/KWIG
  • KU ✧ Ety/KWIG
  • KUB ✧ PE22/102
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KUƷ; Ety/KWIG; EtyAC/KWIG; PE22/102] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kub

root. bow

Middle Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

kuu̯

noun. bow

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KU(Ʒ) “bow” ✧ Ety/KUƷ

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. kú “bow, bow; [ᴱQ.] crescent moon” ✧ Ety/KUƷ
  • N. cû “arch, crescent” ✧ Ety/KUƷ

Variations

  • kuw ✧ EtyAC/KUƷ
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KUƷ; EtyAC/KUƷ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

crinc

noun/adjective. bent and thin; crescent

Derivations

cû

noun. bow, crescent; the waxing or waning moon

Cognates

  • Eq. kú “crescent moon” ✧ LT1A/Uolë Kúvion
  • Eq. kúne “crescent, bow, arch” ✧ LT1A/Uolë Kúvion

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KUVU “bend, bow” ✧ GL/27; LT1A/Uolë Kúvion

Element in

  • G. cûn “bowed, bent, concave” ✧ GL/27
  • G. Cuvonweg “The Moon King” ✧ GL/27; LT1A/Uolë Kúvion

Variations

  • Cû ✧ GL/27
Gnomish [GG/14; GL/27; LT1A/Uolë Kúvion] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cwing

noun. bow

Derivations

Element in

Variations

  • Quing ✧ PE13/104; PE13/104
Gnomish [GL/28; LT2A/Teld Quing Ilon; PE13/104] Group: Eldamo. Published by

quing

noun. bow

Early Quenya

kúne

noun. crescent, bow, arch

Cognates

  • G. cû “bow, crescent; the waxing or waning moon” ✧ LT1A/Uolë Kúvion

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KUVU “bend, bow” ✧ LT1A/Uolë Kúvion; PME/049; QL/049

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√kuv > kūne[kuβnē] > [kuβne] > [kūne]✧ PME/049
ᴱ√KUVU > kūne[kuβnē] > [kuβne] > [kūne]✧ QL/049

Variations

  • kúnë ✧ LT1A/Uolë Kúvion
  • Kúne ✧ PE13/105
  • kūne ✧ PME/049; QL/049
Early Quenya [LT1A/Uolë Kúvion; PE13/105; PME/049; QL/049] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qinga

noun. bow

Derivations

  • ᴱ√QINGI “*bow” ✧ QL/077

Element in

  • Eq. iluqinga “rainbow” ✧ LT1A/Ilweran

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√QINGI > qinga[kʷiŋgā] > [kʷiŋga]✧ QL/077
Early Quenya [LT1A/Ilweran; PME/077; QL/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by