[núvë noun "root, foundation", also numbë (VT45:38)]
Quenya
numbë
root, foundation
núvë
root, foundation
sulca
root
sulca ("k") noun "root" (especially as edible) (SÚLUK)
numbë
root, foundation
núvë
root, foundation
[núvë noun "root, foundation", also numbë (VT45:38)]
sulca
root
sulca ("k") noun "root" (especially as edible) (SÚLUK)
thond
noun. root, root, [N.] base; root-word
A noun in The Lord of the Rings Appendix E glossed “root”, given as an examples of how “nd remained at the end of fully accented monosyllables” (LotR/1115). It was an element in the river-name S. Morthond “Black Root” (LotR/770), so named “because its source was in the dark caverns of the Dead Men” (RC/766). As such this word refers to things that are the root or base of something, not just plant roots.
Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. sunn and sonnas as cognates to ᴹQ. sundo “base, root, root-word” under ᴹ√SUD “base, ground” (Ety/SUD; EtyAC/SUD). These Noldorin forms were revised to N. thund/thonn and N. thonnas while the root was revised to ᴹ√STUD (EtyAC/SUD). The Etymologies also had N. dum “root, foundation” derived from {ᴹ√(N)DUM >>} ᴹ√(N)DUB “lay base, foundation, root; found”, but this entry was deleted (EtyAC/NDUB).
Possible Etymology: This words seems to be a counterexample to the general rule that short u was preserved before nasals]]: compare it to S. mund “bull” and N. lhunt “boat” where the u remained unchanged. The Quenya cognate of this word is typically Q. sundo, so a-affection]] cannot be used to explain the shift of u to o. However in one place Tolkien gave the Quenya form as sunda in Tarmasundar “Roots of the Pillar” (UT/166), so perhaps the Sindarin form was derived from a variant primitive form ✱stundā.
Neo-Sindarin: For purpose of Neo-Sindarin, I would assume thond refers only to an ordinary base or root, and more abstract [N.] thonnas refers to things like root-words or a “✱foundation”.
Derivations
- ᴹ√STUD “base, ground”
Element in
- S. Morthond “Blackroot” ✧ LotR/1115; PE17/096
thond
noun. root
thond
noun. root
n. root.
thond
root
1) thond (construct thon; pl. thynd; coll. pl. thonnath), 2) thonnas, pl. thennais (archaic *thönnais) (VT46:16), 3) thund (construct thun; pl. thynd; coll. pl. thunnath) (VT46:16), 4) (esp. of edible roots) solch (i holch, o solch), pl. sylch (i sylch)
thond
root
(construct thon; pl. thynd; coll. pl. thonnath)
thonnas
root
pl. thennais (archaic ✱thönnais) (VT46:16)
solch
root
(i holch, o solch), pl. sylch (i sylch)
thund
root
(construct thun; pl. thynd; coll. pl. thunnath) (VT46:16)
kulbu
noun. root
A noun appearing only in its plural form kulbî “roots”, corresponding to the collective-noun kulub “roots, edible vegetables that are roots not fruits” (SD/431). As such, it most likely refers to root vegetables only, rather than other senses of the English word “root”.
Derivations
- √Ad. KULUB “*root (as a kind of plant)”
solch
noun. root (especially as edible)
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kulub
root. *root (as a kind of plant)
One of the Primitive Adûnaic roots Tolkien used to illustrate the processes of Primitive Adûnaic word formation (SD/422-5). It also seems to be the root of words such as kulbu and kulub “root (as a kind of plant)” (SD/431), perhaps an deliberate pun by Tolkien.
Derivatives
Variations
- KUL’B ✧ SD/422
móle
noun. root
tarka
noun. root
Cognates
- G. tarc “root (especially edible roots)” ✧ GL/69
Derivations
- ᴱ√TṚKṚ “*root” ✧ GL/69; QL/094
Element in
- Eq. tarkele “great system of roots” ✧ QL/094
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√tṛk > tarka [tṛkā] > [tṛka] > [tarka] ✧ GL/69 ᴱ√TṚKṚ > tarka [tṛkā] > [tṛka] > [tarka] ✧ QL/094
[numbë noun "root, foundation", also núvë (VT45:38)]