A verb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “kindle” with variants tunda- and turu- (the latter marked † as archaic), appearing under the early root ᴱ√TUŘU [TUÐU] of the same meaning (QL/96).
Early Quenya
turu-
verb. to kindle
turu-
verb. can, to be able
Changes
turu-→ turu- “can, have power, is able, have strength” ✧ QL/095Derivations
- ᴱ√TURU “am strong” ✧ QL/095
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TURU > turu- [turu-] ✧ QL/095 Variations
- turu- ✧ QL/095; QL/096 (
turu-)
turu
noun. wood (as material), (orig.) firewood
Cognates
- G. duru “wood; pole, beam, log” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë
Derivations
- ᴱ√TUÐU “kindle” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/096
Element in
- Eq. Turuhalme “Logdrawing” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë
- Q. Turuphanto “Wooden-whale”
- Eq. turúva “wooden” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/096
- Eq. turuvoite “rich in timber” ✧ QL/096
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TUŘU > turu [tuðū] > [tuðu] > [tuzu] > [turu] ✧ QL/096 Variations
- turu- ✧ PE16/139 (
turu-)
tunda-
verb. to kindle
Cognates
- G. tusta- “to inflame, kindle, set light to, burn (tr.)”
Derivations
- ᴱ√TUÐU “kindle” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/096
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TUŘU > tunda- [tunða-] > [tunda-] ✧ QL/096 Variations
- turu- ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/096 (turu-)
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as ᴱQ. turu and described as “properly = firewood — but used of wood in general as a material”, a derivative from the root ᴱ√TUŘU [TUÐU] (QL/96). It also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “wood (material)” (PME/96) and appeared again as turu “wood” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/139). It appeared once more many years later as an element in the name Turuphanto “Wooden-whale” (UT/191), and so may remain viable in Tolkien’s later conception of the language.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I think it is preferable to use the word Q. töa for “wood (material)”.