**lér noun "man" (NI1; hypothetical Q form of PQ dēr; the form actually used in Quenya was nér)
Quenya
ur(u)-
prefix. hard, difficult
Cognates
Derivations
- √GUR “hard, stiff, difficult, cumbrous, slow” ✧ PE17/154
Element in
- Q. urnótima “*difficult to count” ✧ PE17/172; PE17/172
- Q. urucárima “hard to make / do” ✧ PE17/154; PE17/154
- Q. urucarin “made with difficulty” ✧ PE17/154
- ᴺQ. uruhanyaima “complicated, enigmatic, cryptic, hard to understand”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √GUR > ur(u) [gur-] > [ɣur-] > [ur-] ✧ PE17/154 Variations
- ur(u) ✧ PE17/154
- ur- ✧ PE17/172 (ur-)
urda
hard, difficult, arduous
lér
man
nér
man
nér (1) (ner-, as in pl. neri) noun "man" (adult male elf, mortal, or of other speaking race) (MR:213, VT49:17, DER, NDER, NI1, VT45:9; see also WJ:393)
nér
noun. man
sarda
hard
sarda adj. "hard" (VT39:17); pl. sardë "hards" may be used in the same sense as sarda tengwi, q.v. (As an independent form we would rather expect a nominal pl. sardar.)
torna
hard
#torna adj. "hard", as in tornanga (q.v.), seemingly -storna after prefixes ending in a vowel, as in the comparative forms aristorna, anastorna (PE17:56; the forms are untranslated and may not necessarily be the same adjective "hard".)
torna
adjective. hard
Derivations
- √STOR “steadfast”
Element in
nulda
secret
nulda adj. "secret" (DUL)
lomba
secret
lomba adj.or noun "secret" (LT1:255)
vëo
man
†vëo noun "man" (WEG; etymologically connected to vëa "manly, vigorous"; the more neutral word for "man" is nér. According to VT46:21, Tolkien indicated that vëo is an archaic or poetic word.) Tolkien at a later point defined the word as "living creature" (PE17:189). Cf. variant wëo, q.v.
urda adj. "hard, difficult, arduous" (PE17:154)