Early Primitive Elvish
loho
root. *flower
Derivatives
- Eq. lokta- “to sprout, bud, put forth leaves or flowers” ✧ LT1A/Lindelos; QL/055
- Eq. lóto- “to bloom” ✧ QL/055
- Eq. lóte “flower, bloom, blossom” ✧ LT1A/Lindelos; QL/055
- Eq. lokte “blossom (of flowers), (flower) cluster, bunch” ✧ LT1A/Lindelos; QL/055
- G. lost “blossom, bloom”
- G. luitha- “to bloom, blossom”
- G. luis “florescence, blooming”
- G. -loth “-grown”
- G. lûda- “to bloom, grow”
Variations
- loχo ✧ GL/52
- loto ✧ GL/52
- LO’O ✧ LT1A/Lindelos; QL/055
loto Speculative
root. LOTO
Derivatives
A hypothetical root serving as the basis for the words G. glod “gullet, throat” and G. loda- “swallow, gulp down” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/40, 54). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.