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quáco

crow

quáco ("q")noun "crow" _(WJ:395; _Etym also has corco, q.v.)

quáco

noun. crow

A word in the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 for “crow”, derived from primitive ✶k(a)wāk (WJ/395). In notes from the late 1960s Tolkien instead had Q. {koake >>} quácë “frog” < ✶kāwāk, with primitive ✶kā for “crow” (VT47/36).

See ᴹQ. korko for a discussion of earlier forms.

Derivations

  • ✶kawāk “crow” ✧ WJ/395
    • √KAWAK “*caw, croak”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶k(a)wāk > quáko[kwāko]✧ WJ/395

Variations

  • quáko ✧ WJ/395

carco

crow

[carco ("k")noun "crow" (KARKA)] (Changed by Tolkien to corco.)

corco

crow

corco ("k")noun "crow" (KORKA, see KARKA)