lussë

whispering sound

lussë noun "a whispering sound" (SLUS/SRUS). Since Tolkien eventually decided that roots in sl- yield Quenya words in hl- (though this was pronounced l- in late Exilic Quenya), it may be that the spelling *hlussë is to be preferred.

lós

noun. inflorescence, mass of flowers

Changes

• lusse → lōs ✧ PE17/026

Cognates

• S. loth “flower, single blossom; inflorescence, head of small flowers” ✧ PE17/026
• S. lûth “blossom, inflorescence, blossom, inflorescence [on a single plant]” ✧ PE17/161

Derivations

• √LOT(H) “flower” ✧ PE17/026
• ✶loth “inflorescence” ✧ PE17/160
  • √LOT(H) “flower” ✧ PE17/160

Element in

• ᴺQ. helillos “wisteria, (lit.) purple cluster”
• ᴺQ. lindelos “laburnum, (lit.) singing cluster”
• Q. olos “inflorescence, mass of flowers (on one plant), inflorescence, mass of flowers”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√LOTH > lōs	[lōtʰ] > [lōθ] > [lōs]	✧ PE17/026
✶loth > lós	[lōtʰ] > [lōθ] > [lōs]	✧ PE17/160

Variations

• lōs ✧ PE17/026
• lusse ✧ PE17/026 (lusse)
• loste ✧ PE17/026 (loste)

lussë

noun. (verb) tense

A neologism coined by Luinyelle and Orondil on 2023-08-10, an abstract noun based on ᴹ√LU “time”.

Element in

• ᴺQ. aralussë “aorist, (lit.) beside-tense”
• ᴺQ. qualussë “perfect tense, (lit.) full tense”
• ᴺQ. silussë “present tense, (lit.) here-and-now-tense”
• ᴺQ. tulussë “future tense, (lit.) coming tense”
• ᴺQ. vanwalussë “past tense”

Elements

Word	Gloss
LU	“*time”
-ssē/-ssā