mundo

bull

mundo (1) noun "bull" (Letters:422)

mundo

snout, nose, cape

mundo (2) noun "snout, nose, cape" (MBUD)

mundo

noun. bull, ox

A word for “bull” in a 1972 letter to Meriel Thurston (Let/422). A similar form mondo appeared as an element in the name Q. Mondósar “Oxford” from a 1968 letter (DTS/70). See S. mund for other possible conceptual precursors.

Possible Etymology: Luinyelle suggested that this word is likely related to and a later iteration of G. mû “ox” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/58), possibly an agental formation from onomatopoeic ✱mū plus ✶-ndō. I think this is a good theory, but it is somewhat undermined by the existence of mondo-.

Cognates

• S. mund “bull” ✧ Let/423

Element in

• Q. Mondósar “Oxford” ✧ DTS/70
• ᴺQ. mundollë “calf”

Variations

• Mondó ✧ DTS/70 (Mondó)
• MUNDO ✧ Let/422

mondo

noun. ox

tarunco

bull

tarunco ("k") noun "bull" (also tarucco) ("k") (LT2:347; Tolkien's later Quenya has mundo)

tarucco

bull

tarucco ("k") noun "bull" (also tarunco) ("k") (LT2:347; Tolkien's later Quenya has mundo)

taracu-

ox

taracu- ("k") noun "ox" (LT2:347, GL:69). Tolkien apparently invented the word mundo for his later form of Quenya.