Early Noldorin
turu-
verb. to master
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
turu-
verb. to master
The verb G. tur- “can, have power to” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, with two past forms tauri and (more common) turthi (GL/69, 72). It was clearly based on the early root ᴱ√TURU “am strong” (QL/95) as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi). In notes on names from the 1920s, ᴱN. turu- was gloss “to master” as the basis for the name ᴱN. Turum(b)arth “Lord or Conquerer of Fate” (PE15/61).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would use N. orthor- for “to master” and ᴺS. pol- for “to be (physically) able”; see those entries for discussion.