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Early Primitive Elvish

turu

root. am strong

Derivatives

  • G. Tuor ✧ LT1A/Tuor
  • Eq. tur “king” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; QL/095
  • Eq. turu- “can, to be able” ✧ QL/095
  • Eq. turka “strong”
  • Eq. túre “might, strength, power” ✧ QL/095
  • Eq. turqima “haughty” ✧ QL/095
  • Eq. turwa “powerful” ✧ QL/095
  • G. drum “stout, firm, strong”
  • G. taur “ability, power”
  • G. tûr “king” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi
  • G. trug “easy to handle; convenient, tractable, docile” ✧ GL/71
  • G. turinthi “princess” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi
  • G. turm “authority, rule; strength” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi
  • G. tur- “can, to have power to” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi
  • G. turwin “queen” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi

Element in

  • Eq. Turambar “Conqueror of Fate” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; QL/095
  • Eq. Turondo ✧ LT1A/Tuor
  • Eq. Valatúru “Lord of the Valar”
  • G. Turgon ✧ LT1A/Tuor

Variations

  • turu· ✧ GL/71 (turu·)
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/71; LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; LT1A/Tuor; LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/095] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tuřu

root. TUŘU

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tuðu

root. kindle

The root ᴱ√TUŘU “kindle” [TUÐU] appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variant forms ᴱ√TUSO and ᴱ√TUSU as well as derivatives like ᴱQ. tunda- “kindle”, ᴱQ. turu “wood, properly firewood”, and ᴱQ. tusturin “match” (QL/96). The contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon had a similar primitive form tudh- with derivatives like G. tund “log for the fire”, G. tusta- “inflame, kindle, set light to, burn”, and G. tuthli “match” (GL/72). However, the Gnomish Lexicon also had words like G. drui “wood, forest” and G. duru “wood; a pole, beam, or log” (GL/31). Since initial d- > t- in Early Qenya, it seems likely that ᴱ√TUŘU “kindle” may also represent a blending with an unattested root ✱ᴱ√DURU “wood”.

Many years later Tolkien gave a hypothetical root √TUD in contrasted to √TUL to illustrate certain principles of etymological variations (VT48/25). It is not clear whether this √TUD is related to earlier ᴱ√TUÐU “kindle”. Nevertheless, I think it is worth positing a Neo-Root ᴺ√TUD “firewood, kindling” to salvage Early Qenya and Gnomish words of similar meaning.

Derivatives

  • Eq. tunda- “to kindle” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/096
  • Eq. tundo “firewood, fuel” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. turu “wood (as material), (orig.) firewood” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/096
  • Eq. turya- “to catch fire” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. tusture “tinder, chips, firewood” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/096
  • En. dron “wood”
  • G. drui “wood, forest”
  • G. duru “wood; pole, beam, log” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë
  • G. tuth “tinder” ✧ GL/72
  • G. tund “log for the fire” ✧ GL/72
  • G. tusta- “to inflame, kindle, set light to, burn (tr.)” ✧ GL/72
  • G. tusc “inflammable; touchy, irritable; explosive” ✧ GL/72

Element in

  • Eq. tustima “inflammable” ✧ QL/096

Variations

  • tudh- ✧ GL/72
  • TURU ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë
  • TUSO ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/096
  • TUŘU ✧ QL/096
  • TUSU ✧ QL/096
  • TUR̂U ✧ QL/096
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/72; LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by