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Early Quenya

kúme

noun. pile, heap; load, burden

Cognates

  • G. gûm “burden”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KUMU “heap up” ✧ QL/049

Variations

  • kumbe ✧ QL/049
Early Quenya [QL/049] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kumbe

noun. pile, heap; load, burden

kum-

verb. to pile up

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KUMU “heap up” ✧ QL/049

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√KUMU > kumin[kum-]✧ QL/049
Early Quenya [QL/049] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kumpo

noun. pile

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “pile” appearing as a derivative of the root ᴱ√KUMU “heap up”, but Tolkien considered transferring it to ᴱ√KUPU “hump” (QL/49).

Cognates

  • G. cûm “mound (especially grave), burial mound”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KUMU “heap up” ✧ QL/049
  • ᴱ√KUPU “hump” ✧ QL/049

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√KUMU > kumpo[kumpō] > [kumpo]✧ QL/049
ᴱ√KUPU > kumpo[kumpō] > [kumpo]✧ QL/049
Early Quenya [QL/049] Group: Eldamo. Published by