húta- vb. "curse", pa.t. huntë or huntanë. It is unclear whether the word húna "cursed, accursed" should be regarded as the passive participle of this verb, or only as an independent (though obviously related) adjective. (PE17:149)
Primitive elvish
skū
root. curse
khū
root. curse
A root appearing Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959 with variants √SKŪ, √KHŪ, glossed “curse” and with derivatives Q. húna “cursed, accursed” and Q. húta- “to curse”; it was the opposite of √AYA “revere” (PE17/149).