lúva

bow, bight; bend, bow, curve

lúva noun "bow, bight; bend, bow, curve" (Appendix E, PE17:122, 168). The reference is to a "bow" as part of written characters and other uses, but "not for shooting" (a bow used to shoot arrows is called quinga, possibly also cú if the latter term is used as in Sindarin).

lúva

noun. bow (in forming tengwar), bight, bend, curve

Derivations

• √LUB “bend” ✧ PE17/122
• ✶dūbā “bend, bow, curve” ✧ PE17/168
  • √(N)DUB “bending and drooping, ️bending, drooping” ✧ PE17/168

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√LUB > lúva	[lūbā] > [lūβā] > [lūβa] > [lūva]	✧ PE17/122
✶dūbā > lúva	[dūbā] > [lūbā] > [lūβā] > [lūβa] > [lūva]	✧ PE17/168

cuv-

verb. bow

quinga

bow

quinga ("q")noun "bow" (for shooting) (KWIG, LT1:256)

caw-

bow

#caw- vb. "bow" ("k")(1st pers aorist cawin "I bow") (LT1:257; cf. cauca, cauco). In Tolkien's later Quenya, a verbal stem with w in this position does not seem to fit the general phonology well; intervocalic w would become v. We should perhaps read *cav*- whereever the second consonant of the root follows a vowel, but the nasal-infixed past tense could be canwë with the original quality of the consonant preserved. (Compare such a past tense form as anwë, q.v.) However, Tolkiens later verb luhta**- may be preferred for intransitive "bow".