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Early Quenya

kauko

noun. humpback

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a humpback” from the early root ᴱ√KAẆA (QL/45), cognate to G. caug of the same meaning (QL/45).

Cognates

  • G. caug “humpback” ✧ GL/25

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KAẆA “stoop” ✧ GL/25; LT1A/Kaukaeldar; QL/045

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√KAẆA > kauko[kaɣʷku] > [kaɣʷko] > [kawko] > [kauko]✧ QL/045
Early Quenya [GL/25; LT1A/Kaukaeldar; QL/045] Group: Eldamo. Published by