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

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)