Gnomish
lui
noun. blueness, livor, livid mark
Element in
- G. luithon “sky” ✧ GL/55
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A noun appearing as G. lui “blueness, livor, livid mark” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/55), hence = “✱bruise”.
Neo-Sindarin: Since √LUY remains the root for “blue” in Tolkien’s later writing (VT48/23), I’d adapt this word as ᴺS. lui “blueness; livor, livid mark, ✱bruise”. Likely “blueness” was the original sense, extended to include blue-coloured bruises on the body.