lhoew

lhoew

lhoew

noun. poison(ous substance)

A word appearing in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957 derived from √SLOY, the equivalent of Q. hloima “(a) poison(ous substance)” (PE17/185).

Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s Tolkien had N. saew “poison” derived from primitive ᴹ✶sagmā under the root ᴹ√SAG (Ety/SAG). The word saęw “poison” also appeared in The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1930s with the same gloss and basic derivation (PE22/32).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would stick to the 1957 word lhoew, used for a specific poison or poisonous substance, as opposed to lhoer for poison in the abstract or poisonousness.

Cognates

• Q. hloima “poison, poisonous substance” ✧ PE17/185

Derivations

• √SLOY “*poison” ✧ PE17/185

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√SLOY > lhoew	[slǭjmā] > [slǭima] > [l̥ǭima] > [l̥oima] > [l̥oim] > [l̥oem] > [l̥oev] > [l̥oew]	✧ PE17/185