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).
Quenya
cuv-
verb. bow
cuv-
verb. to conceal, to conceal, *hide
Derivations
- √KUB “hide, secrete” ✧ PE22/155
Element in
- ᴺQ. enwacuvindo “liar, cheater”
- Q. cúvima “concealable” ✧ PE22/155
- Q. cuvoitë “hiding, secretive; treacherous” ✧ PE22/155
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √KUB > kuv- [kub-] > [kuβ-] > [kuv-] ✧ PE22/155 √KUB > cúv [kub-] > [kuβ-] > [kuv-] ✧ PE22/155 Variations
- kuv- ✧ PE22/155 (kuv-)
- cúv ✧ PE22/155 (cúv)
caw-
bow
lúva
bow, bight; bend, bow, curve
luhta-
verb. to bow
Derivations
- ✶luʒu “*bow” ✧ VT47/35
Elements
Word Gloss luʒu “*bow” -ta “causative verb suffix” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶luʒu > luhta [luɣta-] > [luxta-] ✧ VT47/35 Variations
- luhta ✧ VT47/35
quinga
bow
quinga ("q")noun "bow" (for shooting) (KWIG, LT1:256)
#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".