taure

noun. forest

taurë

noun. forest, (great) wood

Variations

• taure ✧ Let/308; PE17/080; PE17/082; PE17/115; VT39/07

Derivations

• ✶taurē “forest” ✧ PE17/115
  • √TAW “wood” ✧ PE17/115
• √TAW “wood” ✧ VT39/07

Cognates

• S. taur “forest, wood, forest, wood, [N.] great wood, [G.] dense wood” ✧ PE17/082; PE17/115; SA/taur

Element in

• ᴺQ. rostaurë “rainforest”
• Q. taurëa “forested”
• Q. Taurelilómëa “Forestmanyshadowed” ✧ Let/308; LotR/1131
• Q. Tauremorna “Black Forest” ✧ PE17/082
• Q. Tauremornalómë “*Forest (of) Black Night”
• Q. tautamo “carpenter (carver)”
• Q. Tumbaletaurëa “Deepvalleyforested” ✧ Let/308
• Q. ve tauri lillassië “like leaves of forests” ✧ MC/222

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶tau-rē > taure	[taurē] > [taure]	✧ PE17/115
√TAWA > taure	[taure]	✧ VT39/07

Inflections

Word	Form	Gloss	Source
taureli	partitive-plural	“forestmany”	✧ LotR/1131
tauri	plural	“forests”	✧ MC/222

taurë

(great) wood, forest

taurë noun "(great) wood, forest" (SA:taur, Letters:308, TÁWAR. VT39:7), pl. tauri in Markirya

tarwë

cross, crucifix

tarwë noun "cross, Crucifix" (QL:89)

tauno

forest

tauno noun "forest" (LT1:267; in Tolkien's later Quenya taurë)

málos

forest

málos noun "forest" (LT2:342 rather taurë in Tolkien's later Quenya)

tarwë

noun. cross, crucifix

@@@ later etymology unclear

Element in

• tarwesta- “to crucify”

tarwë

noun. cross, crucifix

@@@ later etymology unclear

Cognates

• ᴺS. taru “cross, *crucifix; crossing”

Element in

• ᴺQ. tarwesta- “to crucify”