bond, fetter
Quenya
naxa
noun/adjective. evil
naxa
noun. bond, fetter
naxa
noun. bond
naxa
adjective. evil
carë mára quí tyarë naxa
doing good may cause evil
naxa
adjective. sour
nútë
bond, knot
nútë noun "bond, knot" (NUT)
olca
evil, bad, wicked
olca adj. "evil, bad, wicked" (VT43:23-24, VT48:32, VT49:14, PE17:149). The root meaning implies "wickedness as well as badness or lack of worth" (PE17:170). Variant of ulca.
ulca
evil, bad, wicked, wrong
ulca adj. "evil, bad, wicked, wrong" (QL:97, VT43:23-24, VT48:32, VT49:14; compounded in henulca "evileyed", SD:68); variant olca, q.v. Compare noun ulco. The adj. ulca may also itself be used as a noun "evil", as in the ablative form ulcallo "from evil" (VT43:8, 10) and the sentence cé mo quetë ulca *"if one speaks evil" (VT49:19).
ulco
evil
ulco (stem #ulcu-) noun "evil", pl. *ulqui (VT43:23-24; the stem-form is attested in the ablative case: ulcullo "from evil", VT43:12)
ulco
noun. evil
vérë
bond, troth, compact, oath
vérë (1) noun "bond, troth, compact, oath" (WED)
úmëa
evil
úmëa (2) adj. "evil" (UGU/UMU). Obsoleted by #1 above? Possibly connected to úmëai in Narqelion, if that is a "Qenya" plural form.
úra
evil, nasty
úra (1) adj. "evil, nasty" (VT43:24, VT48:32)
úro
evil
úro noun "evil" (VT43:24); Tolkien may have abandoned this form in favour of ulco, q.v.
A word for “bond, fetter” in green-ink revisions from around 1970 to the Outline of Phonology (OP2), based on the root √NASAG and related to Black Speech nazg “ring” (PE19/101).