#tuv- vb. "find", perfect #utúvië "has found" in Aragorn's exclamation when he found the sapling of the White Tree: utúvienyes "I have found it" (utúvie-nye-s "have found-I-it") (LotR3:VI ch. 5)
Quenya
hir-
find
hir-
verb. to find
Cognates
- ᴺS. hir- “to find, *light on, chance on”
Derivations
- √KHIR “light on, find” ✧ PE17/075
Element in
- ᴺQ. alahírima “unfindable, impossible to find”
- Q. Hirilondë “Haven-finder”
- Q. nai elyë hiruva. namárië! “maybe even thou shalt find it. farewell!” ✧ LotR/0378; PE17/075; RGEO/58
- Q. nai elyë hiruva. namárië! “be-it-that even you will find [it]. farewell!” ✧ RGEO/59
- Q. nai hirinyes “it may well chance for me to find it” ✧ PE22/151
- Q. nai lye hiruva airëa Amanar “may thee find a blessed Amanar [Yule]” ✧ Minor-Doc/1963-12-18
- Q. nai nin híres “it may well chance for me to find it” ✧ PE22/151
- Q. namárië! nai hiruvalyë Valimar “farewell! maybe thou shalt find Valimar” ✧ LotR/0378; RGEO/58
- Q. namárië! nai hiruvalyë Valimar “farewell! be-it-that you will find Valimar” ✧ RGEO/59
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √KHIR > hiruva [kʰir-] > [xir-] > [hir-] ✧ PE17/075
#tuv-
find
hir- vb. "find", future tense hiruva in Namárië (hiruvalyë "thou shalt find") (Nam, RGEO:67, VT49:39); Hirilondë "Haven-finder", name of a ship (UT:192)