Noldorin 

cuen

noun. small gull, petrel, sea-bird

A noun appearing as cuen “small gull, petrel” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a loan word from Ilk. cwên of the same meaning, derived from the primitive root ᴹ√KWǢ (EtyAC/KWǢ). Its Noldorin form N. poen had fallen out of use. It also appeared with the form cuén “a sea-bird” in notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1930s, again as a loan word from Ilkorin (PE22/32).

Neo-Sindarin: Since Ilkorin was no longer a part of Tolkien’s system of Elvish languages in the 1950s and 60s, this word is somewhat questionable, but I think it is worth retaining, reimagined as a loan word from a different language (probably a dialect of Nandorin).

Derivations

  • Ilk. cwên “small gull, petrel, sea-bird” ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ; PE22/032
    • ᴹ✶kwǣnē “small gull, petrel” ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ; PE22/032
    • ᴹ√KWǢ “onomatopoetic” ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
Ilk. cwēn > cuen[kwen] > [kuen]✧ EtyAC/KWǢ

Variations

  • cuén ✧ PE22/032
Noldorin [EtyAC/KWǢ; PE22/032] Group: Eldamo. Published by

maew

noun. gull

Noldorin [Ety/373] Group: SINDICT. Published by

maew

noun. gull

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. maiwe “gull” ✧ Ety/MIW

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MIW “whine” ✧ Ety/MIW

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√MIW > maew[maiwe] > [maiw] > [maew]✧ Ety/MIW