Early Quenya
sutl
noun. sticky matter, slime, gum
Cognates
- G. thuith “resinous juice; any adhesive substance”
Derivations
- ᴱ√SUKU “*resin, gum” ✧ QL/086
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√SUKU > sutl [suklǝ] > [sukl] > [sukḷ] > [sukḷ] > [sutḷ] ✧ QL/086
The noun ᴱQ. sutl “sticky matter, slime, gum” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a derivative of the root ᴱ√SUKU (QL/86-87). Its Gnomish equivalents like G. thuith and G. thugli indicate the actual root form was ✱ᴱ√ÞUKU, so probably ᴱQ. sutl < ✱þukl with -kl > -tl as often happened in Early Qenya words.
Neo-Quenya: I think this word might be salvagable for purposes of Neo-Quenya as ᴺQ. sucul [þ] “sticky matter, slime”, a less viscous variant of ᴺQ. suhtë “resin, gum”. Another later word of similar meaning ᴹQ. makso “sticky substance, mire”.