Noldorin 

cuil

noun. life

Noldorin [Ety/366] Group: SINDICT. Published by

cuil

noun. life, life, [G.] lifetime

A noun for “life” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KUY “come to life, awake” (Ety/KUY).

Conceptual Development: This word dates back to the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, where Tolkien clarified that G. cuil “life” was “usually [the] quality of being alive, but [was] also used = lifetime” (GL/27). ᴱN. cuil “life” also appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/141).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. kuile “life, being alive” ✧ Ety/KUY

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KUY “come to life, awake” ✧ Ety/KUY

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Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KUY > cuil[kujle] > [kuile] > [kuil]✧ Ety/KUY