Quenya 

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-.

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mondo

noun. ox

mundollë

noun. calf

A neologism coined by Helge Fauskanger for his NQNT (NQNT), a diminutive of Q. mundo “bull”.

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taracu-

ox

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

tarucco

bull

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

tarunco

bull

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

Sindarin 

mund

noun. bull

An Elvish word for “bull” in a 1972 letter to Meriel Thurston appearing as an element in various names such as Aramund “Noble Bull” (Let/423). Given its lack of final vowel, this could be the Sindarin equivalent of Q. mundo “bull” appearing in another letter to Mrs. Thurston from early in the same year (Let/422). However, if these were proper Sindarin names, this second element of these names would mutate to -vund, so these names are either Anglicanized or pseudo-Elvish mixtures of Quenya and Sindarin elements.

Conceptual Development: The similar word G. mû “ox” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s serving as the basis for various cow-related words (GL/58).

mund

noun. bull

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mund

bull

mund (i vund, construct mun), pl. mynd (i mynd), coll. pl. munnath

mund

bull

(i vund, construct mun), pl. mynd (i mynd), coll. pl. munnath

bund

snout

bund (i mund, o mbund, construct mun) (nose, cape [of land]), pl. bynd (i mbynd). LONG-SNOUTED, see ELEPHANT

bund

snout

(i mund, o mbund, construct mun) (nose, cape [of land]), pl. bynd (i mbynd).

bund

noun. snout, nose; cape [of land]

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munneg

noun. calf

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Noldorin 

bunn

noun. snout, nose; cape [of land]

A word appearing as N. bunn “snout, nose, cape” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from primitive ᴹ✶mbundu under the root ᴹ√MBUD “project” (Ety/MBUD).

Neo-Sindarin: In keeping with the principle that nd remained “at the end of fully accented monosyllables” in Sindarin (LotR/1115), I would adapt this word as ᴺS. bund for purposes of Neo-Sindarin. I would use it primarily for the noses of animals, and only metaphorically as a cape of land.

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bund

noun. snout, nose

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bund

noun. cape (of land)

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bunn

noun. snout, nose

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bunn

noun. cape (of land)

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Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Qenya 

mundo

noun. snout, nose; cape [of land]

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “snout, nose, cape” derived from primitive ᴹ✶mbundu under the root ᴹ√MBUD “project” (Ety/MBUD). For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would use it primarily for the noses of animals.

Middle Primitive Elvish

mbundu

noun. snout, nose; cape [of land]

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Gnomish

mugli

noun. calf

A word appearing as G. mugli “calf” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, apparently some kind of diminutive form of G. mû “ox” (GL/58).

Neo-Sindarin: For Neo-Sindarin I would adapt this word as ᴺS. munneg, a diminutive of later S. mund “bull”.

mû

noun. ox

tarog

noun. ox

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s for an “ox”, cognate to ᴱQ. taruku- of the same meaning, clearly based on G. târ “horn” (GL/69).

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Early Primitive Elvish

taruku

noun. bull, ox

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Early Quenya

tarukko

noun. bull, ox

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “bull” with variants tarukko and tarunko, an elaboration of ᴱQ. taru “horn” (QL/89). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon, taruku- was given as the Qenya cognate of G. tarog “ox” (GL/69).

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taruku

noun. ox

tarunko

noun. bull

yak(k)o

noun. ox

A noun for “ox” appearing in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variants yakko and yako, derived from the early root ᴱ√Ẏak “a head of cattle” (QL/105). In the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa Tolkien had yakk- “ox” (PME/105). In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, the word for “ox” was also yakko (PE16/132).

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