Quenya 

cauca

crooked

cauca _("k")_adj. "crooked" (LT1:257; cf. #caw-)

hwarin

crooked

hwarin adj. "crooked" (SKWAR)

raica

crooked, bent, wrong

raica ("k") adj. "crooked, bent, wrong" (RÁYAK, VT39:7), pl. raicar in LR:47 (read perhaps *raicë in LotR-style Quenya)

raica

adjective. crooked, crooked, [ᴹQ.] bent, wrong

Cognates

  • ᴺS. raeg “wrong, [G.] awry, twisted, distorted, perverse, leering (of face)”

Derivations

  • ✶raika “crooked” ✧ VT39/07; VT39/09
    • √RIK “twist, twist; [ᴹ√] jerk, sudden move, flirt” ✧ VT39/07; VT39/09

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶raika > raika[raika]✧ VT39/07
✶raika > raika[raika]✧ VT39/09

Variations

  • raika ✧ VT39/07; VT39/09
Quenya [VT39/07; VT39/09] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rempa

crooked, hooked

rempa adj. "crooked, hooked" (REP)

Sindarin 

raeg

adjective. crooked, bent, wrong

Sindarin [Ety/383, X/OE, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

raen

adjective. crooked

Sindarin [Ety/382, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

raen

crooked

raen (no distinct pl. form). Note: a homophone means ”netted, enlaced”.

raen

adjective. crooked

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

raen

crooked

(no distinct pl. form). Note: a homophone means ”netted, enlaced”.

rhaen

adjective. crooked

Derivations

  • √SRAG “awkward, awry; hard, (very) difficult”

Primitive elvish

swā

root. echoic representation of sound of wind

Derivatives

  • Q. hwarwa “violent wind” ✧ NM/237
  • S. hwaewar “breeze[?]” ✧ PE17/034

Element in

  • ✶swa-swa “*violent wind” ✧ NM/237

Variations

  • swā ✧ NM/237
  • swar ✧ NM/237
  • SWAW ✧ PE17/034
Primitive elvish [NM/237; PE17/034] Group: Eldamo. Published by

swar

root. crooked

Primitive elvish Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

raika

adjective. crooked

Derivations

  • √RIK “twist, twist; [ᴹ√] jerk, sudden move, flirt” ✧ VT39/07; VT39/09

Derivatives

  • Q. raica “crooked, crooked, [ᴹQ.] bent, wrong” ✧ VT39/07; VT39/09
Primitive elvish [VT39/07; VT39/09] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

rhaen

adjective. crooked

Noldorin [Ety/382, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhaen

adjective. crooked

Derivations

  • On. ragna “crooked” ✧ Ety/RAG
    • ᴹ✶ragnā “crooked” ✧ Ety/RAG
    • ᴹ√RAG “*crooked” ✧ Ety/RAG

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. ragna > rhaen[ragna] > [raŋna] > [raina] > [rain] > [r̥ain] > [r̥aen]✧ Ety/RAG

rhoeg

adjective. crooked, bent, wrong

Noldorin [Ety/383, X/OE, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

hwarin

adjective. crooked

Cognates

  • Dan. swarn “perverse, obstinate, hard to deal with” ✧ Ety/SKWAR

Derivations

  • ᴹ√SKWAR “crooked” ✧ Ety/SKWAR

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√SKWAR > hwarin[skwarin] > [xwarin] > [w̥arin]✧ Ety/SKWAR

Old Noldorin 

ragna

adjective. crooked

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶ragnā “crooked” ✧ Ety/RAG
    • ᴹ√RAG “*crooked” ✧ Ety/RAG

Derivatives

  • N. rhaen “crooked” ✧ Ety/RAG

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶ragnā > ragna[ragnā] > [ragna]✧ Ety/RAG
Old Noldorin [Ety/RAG] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

skwar

root. crooked

This root appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as ᴹ√SKWAR “crooked” with derivatives like ᴹQ. hwarin “crooked” and Dan. swarn “perverse, obstinate, hard to deal with” (Ety/SKWAR). In red-ink revisions to the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s Tolkien decided that the initial combination skw- was not possible (PE19/78 and note #51). For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, this root might be salvaged by assuming its actual form was ᴺ√SWAR.

Derivatives

  • Dan. swarn “perverse, obstinate, hard to deal with” ✧ Ety/SKWAR
  • ᴹQ. hwarin “crooked” ✧ Ety/SKWAR
  • ᴹQ. hwarma “crossbar” ✧ Ety/SKWAR
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/SKWAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ragnā

adjective. crooked

Derivations

  • ᴹ√RAG “*crooked” ✧ Ety/RAG

Derivatives

  • On. ragna “crooked” ✧ Ety/RAG
    • N. rhaen “crooked” ✧ Ety/RAG
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/RAG] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

craig

adjective. crooked

Derivations

Gnomish [GL/27; PE13/111] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwegla

adjective. crooked

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWEÐE “*bend, loop” ✧ GL/46

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√gwedh-¹ > gwegla[gʷeðlā] > [gʷeðla] > [gʷegla]✧ GL/46

Early Noldorin

gaug

adjective. crooked

Changes

  • gog → gaug “crooked” ✧ PE13/144

Variations

  • gwag ✧ PE13/122
  • gog ✧ PE13/122; PE13/144 (gog)
Early Noldorin [PE13/122; PE13/144] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gog

adjective. crooked

gwag

adjective. crooked

Early Quenya

pereqa

adjective. crooked

Variations

  • Pere̜qa ✧ QL/073
Early Quenya [QL/073] Group: Eldamo. Published by