verca ("k")adj. "wild" (BERÉK)
Quenya
merca
wild, untamed
verca
wild
hráva
wild
hráva adj. "wild" (PE17:78); see ráva #1.
Sindarin
rhaw
adjective. wild
adj. wild. Q. hráva. Tolkien wrote this entry as "rhaw [f]" (PE17:78).
rhaw
adjective. wild, wild, [N.] untamed
Cognates
- Q. hráva “wild, savage, wild, savage, [ᴹQ.] untamed” ✧ PE17/078
Derivations
- √SRAB “wild, not tamed/domesticated” ✧ PE17/078
Element in
- S. rhovan “wilderness; wild beast”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √S-RAB > rhaw(f) [srāba] > [r̥āba] > [r̥ǭba] > [r̥ǭva] > [r̥auva] > [r̥auv] > [r̥au] ✧ PE17/078 Variations
- rhaw(f) ✧ PE17/078
rhavan
noun. wild man
rhaw
wild
1) rhaw (untamed). Lenited ?thraw or ?raw (the lenition product of rh is uncertain), pl. rhoe. (VT46:10) Note: a homophone means ”flesh, body”, 2) braig (fierce), lenited vraig. No distinct pl. form. (VT45:34), 3) lothren (waste), pl. lethrin for archaic löthrin (VT45:29)
rhaw
wild
(untamed). Lenited ?thraw or ?raw (the lenition product of rh is uncertain), pl. rhoe. (VT46:10) Note: a homophone means ”flesh, body”
braig
wild
(fierce), lenited vraig. No distinct pl. form. (VT45:34)
lothren
wild
(waste), pl. lethrin for archaic löthrin (VT45:29)
Noldorin
rhaw
adjective. wild, untamed
Meaning rectified according to VT/46:10
braig
adjective. wild, fierce
The form brerg in the Etymologies is a misreading according to VT/45:34
breig
adjective. wild, fierce
The form brerg in the Etymologies is a misreading according to VT/45:34
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Qenya
verka
adjective. wild
Cognates
- N. bregol “violent, sudden, *fierce” ✧ Ety/BERÉK
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶berékā > verka [berekā] > [berkā] > [βerkā] > [βerka] > [verka] ✧ Ety/BERÉK
Middle Primitive Elvish
berékā
adjective. wild
Derivations
- ᴹ√BEREK “*sudden, fierce” ✧ Ety/BERÉK
Derivatives
[merca ("k")adj. "wild, untamed" (MERÉK, VT45:34)] Compare verca.