Quenya 

saura

foul, evil-smelling, putrid

saura (þ) adj. "foul, evil-smelling, putrid" (THUS), "foul, vile" (PE17:183). This adjective underlies the name Sauro, Sauron (q.v.) Alternatively explained to mean "cruel" (PE17:184); a deleted gloss defined the word as "bad, unhealthy, ill, wretched" (PE17:172). Tolkien did not consistently hold that the initial s represents older þ; sometimes he derived saura (and so implicitly Sauron) from stems with original s-.

saura

adjective. cruel, evil, vile; stinking, foul; bad, unhealthy, ill, wretched, stinking, foul, [ᴹQ.] evil-smelling, putrid; [Q.] cruel, evil, vile; [Q.] bad, unhealthy, ill, wretched

Changes

  • saura → Saura “foul, vile” ✧ PE17/184

Cognates

  • S. thaur “abominable, horrible” ✧ PE17/172
  • S. saur “bad (of food), putrid” ✧ PE17/183

Derivations

  • √THAW “cruel; stink” ✧ PE17/068; PE17/184
    • √THOW “stink” ✧ PE17/068
  • √SAW “disgusting, foul, vile; bad, unhealthy, ill, wretched” ✧ PE17/172; PE17/183

Element in

  • Q. saucarya “evil-doing” ✧ PE17/068
  • Q. Sauron “Abhorred” ✧ PE17/068; PE17/183
  • ᴺQ. sauroryat “skunk, (lit.) stink-badger”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√ÞAW > saura[tʰaura] > [θaura] > [saura]✧ PE17/068
√SAWA > saura[saura]✧ PE17/172
√SAWA > saura[saura]✧ PE17/183
√THAW > Saura[tʰaura] > [θaura] > [saura]✧ PE17/184

Variations

  • Saura ✧ PE17/184
Quenya [PE17/068; PE17/172; PE17/183; PE17/184] Group: Eldamo. Published by

naicea

adjective. cruel

Quenya [PE 22:126] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

nwalca

cruel

nwalca ("k")adj. "cruel" (ÑGWAL; this must represent earlier *ñwalca = *ngwalca; these forms are not given in Etym, but compare nwalmë_ below. In Tengwar writing, the initial NW would be represented by the letter nwalmë.)_

Sindarin 

thaur

saura

Q. saura. . This gloss was rejected.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:172] < SAWA bad, unhealthy, ill, wretched. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

thaur

foul

thaur (detestable, abhorrent, abominable), pl. thoer. Note: a homophone means ”fenced”.

thaur

foul

(detestable, abhorrent, abominable), pl. thoer. Note: a homophone means ”fenced”.

baug

cruel

(tyrannous, oppressive) (lenited maug), pl. boeg

balch

cruel

1) balch (lenited malch; pl. belch), 2) baug (tyrannous, oppressive) (lenited maug), pl. boeg

balch

cruel

(lenited malch; pl. belch)

Noldorin 

balch

adjective. cruel

Noldorin [Ety/377] Group: SINDICT. Published by

balch

adjective. cruel

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. nwalka “cruel” ✧ Ety/ÑGWAL

Derivations

  • ᴹ√(Ñ)GWAL “(suffer) torment, agony” ✧ Ety/ÑGWAL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ÑGWAL > balch[ŋgwalka] > [mbalka] > [mbalkʰa] > [mbalxa] > [balxa] > [balx]✧ Ety/ÑGWAL
Noldorin [Ety/ÑGWAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

saura

adjective. foul, evil-smelling, putrid

Cognates

  • N. thaw “corrupt, rotten” ✧ Ety/THUS

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶thausā “foul, evil-smelling, putrid” ✧ Ety/THUS
    • ᴹ√THUS “*smell, stench” ✧ Ety/THUS

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶thausā > saura[tʰausā] > [θausā] > [θauzā] > [θauza] > [sauza] > [saura]✧ Ety/THUS
Qenya [Ety/THUS; SD/068] Group: Eldamo. Published by

naikea

adjective. cruel

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
naike“sharp pain”

nwalka

adjective. cruel

Cognates

  • N. balch “cruel” ✧ Ety/ÑGWAL

Derivations

  • ᴹ√(Ñ)GWAL “(suffer) torment, agony” ✧ Ety/ÑGWAL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ÑGWAL > nwalka[ŋgwalka] > [ŋwalka] > [nwalka]✧ Ety/ÑGWAL

Middle Primitive Elvish

thausā

adjective. foul, evil-smelling, putrid

Derivations

  • ᴹ√THUS “*smell, stench” ✧ Ety/THUS

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. saura “foul, evil-smelling, putrid” ✧ Ety/THUS
  • N. thaw “corrupt, rotten” ✧ Ety/THUS
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/THUS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

faig

adjective. cruel

Changes

  • fwaig → faig ✧ GL/33

Cognates

  • Eq. maika “cruel” ✧ GL/33

Derivations

Element in

  • G. faigri “cruelty” ✧ GL/33

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶smaika- > faig[smaika] > [smaik] > [smaig] > [faig]✧ GL/33

Variations

  • fwaig ✧ GL/33 (fwaig)

Early Quenya

maika

adjective. cruel

Cognates

  • G. faig “cruel” ✧ GL/33

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶smaika- > maika[smaikā] > [smaika] > [maika]✧ GL/33
Early Quenya [GL/33] Group: Eldamo. Published by