(i gúron, o chúron), pl. cúroen (i churoen). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” cúran; compare the Sindarin month-names in -ron.
Quenya
cúnë
crescent, bow
Sindarin
cúron
noun. the crescent Moon
cúron
crescent moon
cúron
noun. crescent moon
Elements
Word Gloss cû “bow, bow; [N.] arch, crescent; [G.] waxing or waning moon” Raun “Moon”
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);
Noldorin
cúran
noun. the crescent Moon
cúran
noun. crescent moon
A word appearing in The Etymologies of the 1930s as N. cûran “crescent moon”, a combination of N. cû “crescent” and N. Rhân “moon” < ᴹ✶Ranā (Ety/KUƷ, RAN). In The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road, Christopher Tolkien gave the form as cúran, but according to Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne the actual form was cûran (EtyAC/KUƷ).
Neo-Sindarin: If adapted to Neo-Sindarin, this word would probably become ᴺS. cúron, analogous to S. cýron “new-moon” (VT48/7), with S. Raun < ✱rānā reduced to -ron as usual in polysyllables.
Variations
- cûran ✧ Ety/KUƷ
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Early Quenya
kú
noun. crescent moon
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
- Eq. kúva lunde (silmea) “*crescent phase (of the moon)” ✧ QL/056
- Eq. Kúvion ✧ LT1A/Uolë Kúvion
- Eq. Uole·mi·Kūme “Moon King” ✧ QL/048
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√KUVU > kū [kuβ] > [kū] ✧ QL/049 Variations
- kû ✧ LT1A/Uolë Kúvion
- kū ✧ PME/049; QL/049
- Kūme ✧ QL/048
cúnë _("k")_noun "crescent, bow" (LT1:271). Cf. cú.