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Early Quenya

turu

noun. wood (as material), (orig.) firewood

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)”.

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

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TUŘU > turu[tuðū] > [tuðu] > [tuzu] > [turu]✧ QL/096

Variations

  • turu- ✧ PE16/139 (turu-)
Early Quenya [LT1A/Turuhalmë; PE16/139; PME/096; QL/095; QL/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

turuksa

adjective. wooden

turúva

adjective. wooden

An adjective for “wooden” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the root ᴱ√TUŘU [TUÐU], also with a variant form turuksa (QL/96). It also appeared in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/139).

Cognates

  • G. durog “wooden” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë

Variations

  • turūva ✧ QL/096; QL/096
  • turuksa ✧ QL/096
Early Quenya [LT1A/Turuhalmë; PE16/139; QL/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aldare

noun. wood

A word glossed “wood” in the margins of Tolkien’s notes on The Creatures of the Earth from the 1910s, clearly an elaboration ᴱQ. alda “tree” as suggested by Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson (PE14/7).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ALA “spread‽”

Elements

WordGloss
alda“tree, branch”
-re“noun suffix”
Early Quenya [PE14/007] Group: Eldamo. Published by