_ n. Zoo. _hound. Q. hú. The gloss might be 'heat'.
Sindarin
saur
adjective. bad (of food), putrid
Derivations
- √SAW “disgusting, foul, vile; bad, unhealthy, ill, wretched” ✧ PE17/183
Cognates
- Q. saura “cruel, evil, vile; stinking, foul; bad, unhealthy, ill, wretched, stinking, foul, [ᴹQ.] evil-smelling, putrid; [Q.] cruel, evil, vile; [Q.] bad, unhealthy, ill, wretched” ✧ PE17/183
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √SAWA > saur [saurā] > [saura] > [saur] ✧ PE17/183
saur
adjective. used in sense 'bad' of food etc
hû
hound
_adj. _used in sense 'bad' of food etc., putrid. Tolkien seems to have rejected the root SAWA, noting: "No. THAW-, cruel. saura, cruel. Gorthaur-."