söa
noun. filth
Cognates
- S. saw “filth, putrescence” ✧ PE17/183
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶sawā > söa [sawā] > [soa] ✧ PE17/183
soa
söa
mut
noun. dirt, filth
Derivations
- ᴺ✶. MUK “cacare [Latin], *defecate”
saw
noun. filth
_n. _filth, putrescence. Tolkien seems to have rejected the root SAWA, noting: "No. THAW-, cruel. saura, cruel. Gorthaur-."
saw
noun. filth, putrescence
Cognates
- Q. söa “filth” ✧ PE17/183
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶sawā > saw [sawā] > [sawa] > [saw] > [sau] ✧ PE17/183
fôf
noun. fool
Derivations
- ᴺ✶. PHOB “*fool”
Element in
glob
noun. fool; filth
Changes
glob→ glob “foul” ✧ PE17/079Element in
- Bs. Uglúk u bagronk sha pushdug Saruman-glob búbhosh skai “Uglúk to the cesspool, sha! the dungfilth, the great Saruman-fool, skai; Uglúk to torture chamber with stinking Saruman-filth, dung-heap, skai” ✧ LotR/0445; PE17/079; PE17/079; PM/083
nûph
noun. fool
A noun translated “fool” and fully declined as an example of a Weak I noun (SD/437-8). It was later written in the form nîph (SD/426), but since all the attested declensions are based on nûph, the entry here uses the earlier form.
The word nûph is a common-noun but it has some example inflections with masculine and feminine suffixes: nûphun (masculine subjective), nûphin (feminine subjective), nûphi (feminine objective). This seems to be another way that an individual’s gender be indicated (“male fool”, “female fool”) instead of using explicit masucline and feminine suffixes like -û or -î.
Variations
- nīph ✧ SD/426
- nūph ✧ SD/437; SD/438
sawā
noun. filth
Derivations
- √SAW “disgusting, foul, vile; bad, unhealthy, ill, wretched” ✧ PE17/183
Derivatives
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
gôd
noun. dirtiness, filth
A noun meaning “dirtiness, filth” derived from primitive ᴹ✶wahtē (Ety/WAƷ). This word underwent quite a few phonetic developments, as indicated below and as described by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/gôd).
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶wahtē > gōd [wahtē] > [wahte] > [wāte] > [wōte] > [gwōte] > [gōte] > [gōde] > [gōd] ✧ Ety/WAƷ Variations
- gōd ✧ Ety/WAƷ
fôf
noun. fool
Derivations
- ᴱ√FOFO “*fool”
Element in
Variations
- fof ✧ GG/09
mut
noun. dirt, filth
Derivations
- ᴱ√MUKU “cacare [Latin], *defecate” ✧ QL/063
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√MUKU > mut [mukt] > [mut] ✧ QL/063
soa ("söa")noun "filth" (PE17:186)