tyur

noun. cheese

The word for “cheese” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s was ᴱQ. tyur (tyurd-) derived from the early root ᴱ√TYURU “curdle” (QL/50). This became ᴱQ. tyurme “cheese” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/141).

Neo-Quenya: I’d use ᴺQ. tyurmë “cheese” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, derived from a Neo-Root ᴺ√KYUR.

tyuru-

verb. to ‘turn’ milk, curdle (blood etc.)

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. tyuru- in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with the gloss “to ‘turn’ milk, curdle (blood etc.)” derived from the early root ᴱ√TYURU “curdle” (QL/50). The form Q. tyuru- is also mentioned in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as related to G. cûr “cheese”, but it isn’t clear whether this is a reference to the verb or the root (GL/28).

Neo-Quenya: I’d retain ᴺQ. tyur- “curdle” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, derived from a Neo-Root ᴺ√KYUR.

tyurda

adjective. curdled

An adjective appearing as ᴱQ. tyurda “curdled” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√TYURU “curdle” (QL/50).

Neo-Quenya: I’d retain ᴺQ. tyurda “curdled” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, derived from a Neo-Root ᴺ√KYUR.

tyurme

noun. cheese

tyúre

adjective. stout, dense, compact

tyuru

root. curdle

kyuru

root. curdle

This root first appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as ᴱ√TYURU “curdle”, with derivatives like ᴱQ. tyuru- “curdle” and ᴱQ. tyur “cheese” (QL/50). Derivatives also appeared in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. cur- “curdle” and G. cûr “cheese” (GL/28). In Gnomish Lexicon Slips revising this document, “cheese” became cír derived from ᴱ√kyus (PE13/111) and Noldorin Word-lists from the 1920s had ᴱN. cír “sour, curdled” and ᴱN. cirtha- “to turn sour” from ᴱ√kyúr (PE13/140).

Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I think it is worth positing a root ᴺ√KYUR “curdle” to preserve these early “cheese” words.

kyusu

root. curdle

corn

noun. cheese

The word for “cheese” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s was G. cûr, related to G. caura “sour (of milk)” and derived from the early root ᴱ√TYURU “curdle” (GL/26, 28; QL/50). In Gnomish Lexicon Slips added to that document, “cheese” was instead cír from primitive ᴱ√tyus, with an alternate form cur written in pencil above it (PE13/113). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, “cheese” became ᴱN. corn from primitive ᴱ✶kyurna (PE13/140).

Neo-Sindarin: Of these, I prefer ᴺS. cûr for “cheese”, since ᴱN. corn “cheese” collides with later N. corn “round”. I assume ᴺS. cûr is derived from a Neo-Root ᴺ√KYUR “curdle”, perhaps from primitive ✱kyūrŭ.

cûr

noun. cheese

cauri

noun. cheese

cír

noun. cheese