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).

cúnë

crescent, bow

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

cuv-

verb. bow

lúva

bow, bight; bend, bow, curve

lúva noun "bow, bight; bend, bow, curve" (Appendix E, PE17:122, 168). The reference is to a "bow" as part of written characters and other uses, but "not for shooting" (a bow used to shoot arrows is called quinga, possibly also cú if the latter term is used as in Sindarin).

caw-

bow

#caw- vb. "bow" ("k")(1st pers aorist cawin "I bow") (LT1:257; cf. cauca, cauco). In Tolkien's later Quenya, a verbal stem with w in this position does not seem to fit the general phonology well; intervocalic w would become v. We should perhaps read *cav*- whereever the second consonant of the root follows a vowel, but the nasal-infixed past tense could be canwë with the original quality of the consonant preserved. (Compare such a past tense form as anwë, q.v.) However, Tolkiens later verb luhta**- may be preferred for intransitive "bow".

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.

quinga

bow

quinga ("q")noun "bow" (for shooting) (KWIG, LT1:256)

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

• ᴺS. cungan(d) “viol(in), (lit.) bow-harp”
• ᴺS. cúron “crescent moon”
• S. Cúthalion “Strongbow” ✧ SA/cú
• S. Dor-Cúarthol “Land of Bow and Helm” ✧ SA/cú
• S. Laer Cú Beleg “Song of the Great Bow” ✧ S/209; SA/cú

Phonetic Developments

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

Variations

• cû(f) ✧ PE17/122
• Cú ✧ S/209
• cú ✧ SA/cú

cû

noun. arch, crescent

cû

noun. bow

cúron

noun. the crescent Moon

côf

noun. bay

côf

noun. bay

The earliest iteration of this word seems to be G. gobos “haven” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, cognate to ᴱQ. kôpa(s) (GL/40). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, Tolkien had ᴱN. cû “bay, cove”, again as a cognate of ᴱQ. kópa (PE13/141). In The Etymologies of the 1930s it was N. hûb “haven, harbour, small landlocked bay” derived from the root ᴹ√KHOP (Ety/KHOP). In notes on The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from the late 1960s, Tolkien use S. côf “bay” in a pair of names: S. Côf Belfalas “Bay of Belfalas” and S. Côf Gwaeren Bel “Windy Bay of Bel”, but the section where it appeared was rejected (VT42/15).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I’d use the 1930s form hûb for “bay”, because (a) it is the latest form that was not rejected and (b) is compatible with an attested Quenya form ᴹQ. hópa of the same meaning.

Derivations

• √KOB “*bay”

Element in

• S. Côf Belfalas “Bay of Belfalas” ✧ VT42/15
• S. Côf Gwaeren Bel “Windy Bay of Bel” ✧ VT42/15

Variations

• Côf ✧ VT42/15 (Côf)

eilian

rainbow

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

peng

bow

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

cû

bow

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

cû

bow

1) (noun) cû (i gû, o chû) (arch, crescent), pl. cui (i chui), 2) (bow for shooting) peng (i beng, o pheng), pl. ping (i phing),

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)

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.

hûb

bay

(i chûb, o chûb, construct hub) (harbour, haven), pl. huib (i chuib)

côf

bay

(noun) 1) côf (i gôf, o chôf, construct cof), pl. cŷf (i chŷf), 2) (small landlocked bay) hûb (i chûb, o chûb, construct hub) (harbour, haven), pl. huib (i chuib)

côf

bay

(i gôf, o chôf, construct cof), pl. cŷf (i chŷf)

lú

noun. bow

Derivations

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

Variations

• lū ✧ VT47/12

cogn

noun. bow

Primitive form given as kuȜnâ, derived from KUȜ "bow" (LR:365); it is probable that ku3nâ was originally an adjective "bow-shaped", since -nâ is predominantly an adjectival ending. As for Ȝ (spirant g) becoming a plosive g, compare garma.

cû

noun. arch, crescent

cû

noun. bow

cúran

noun. the crescent Moon

peng

noun. bow (for shooting)