loy

root. go wrong, fail, go wrong, fail, [ᴹ√] miss, fail to go; lack, be without

A Quenya-only root in linguistic notes from 1959 meaning “go wrong, fail” with the basic sense of “miss mark, go (or send) wrong, fall short or beside ([one’s] aim, what is due or proper)” (PE17/151); in a marginal note Tolkien also wrote “go awry, ill, wrongly”. Its Sindarin equivalent was √DEW. The root ᴹ√LOY also appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the gloss “lack, be without; miss, fail to go”, though all of its derivatives were rejected (EtyAC/LOYO).

Derivatives

• Q. loi- “mistaken, mistake in ...” ✧ PE17/151
• Q. loica “failing, short, inadequate” ✧ PE17/151
• Q. loima “mistake” ✧ PE17/151
• Q. loita- “to miss, fail, fall short of (transitive)” ✧ PE17/151

Variations

• LOYO ✧ PE17/151; PE17/161

dew

root. go wrong, fail

A Sindarin-only root in linguistic notes from 1959 meaning “go wrong, fail” with the basic sense of “miss mark, go (or send) wrong, fall short or beside ([one’s] aim, what is due or proper)” (PE17/151); in a marginal note Tolkien also wrote “go awry, ill, wrongly”. Its Quenya equivalent was √LOY.

Derivatives

• ✶deulē “mistake” ✧ PE17/151
  • S. dŷl “mistake” ✧ PE17/151
• S. dew- “to fail, miss” ✧ PE17/151
• S. dŷr “mistaken, off point, not right” ✧ PE17/151

Variations

• DEWE ✧ PE17/151