u

root. dual

ū

root. not

Derivatives

• G. untha “no, none”
• G. u- “negative prefix”
• G. û- “not to be, not to do”
• G. u “no, not, nor”
• G. ug- “negative verb”
• G. ub “no, none”
• G. unt “nothing”

Element in

• ᴱ√UMU “*negative” ✧ QL/098

Variations

• Ū- ✧ QL/096

ū

root. under

The root ᴱ√Ū⁽¹⁾ “under” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a reduced form of {ᴱ√UGU >>} ᴱ√UƷU, with derivatives like ᴱQ. ū “beneath” and ᴱQ. umbe “dale, dell” (QL/96-97). It also had derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. um⁽⁾ “lowlying” and G. umbel “a dell” (GL/74). Tolkien noted that ᴱ√Ū also meant “not”, and contrasted ᴱ√Ū¹ “under” with ᴱ√NŪ (ᴱ√NUHU) of similar meaning (QL/68, 96). Indeed, in Tolkien’s later writings, √NŪ/UNU was the usual basis for “under” words, and ᴱ√Ū¹ “under” seems to have been abandoned.

Changes

• UGU → UƷU ✧ QL/096

Derivatives

• Eq. umbe “dale, dell” ✧ QL/096
• Eq. ú “beneath” ✧ QL/096
• Eq. úva “the under” ✧ QL/096
• G. ûthi “outside”
• G. uf “out of, forth, from”
• G. um “lowlying”
• G. ûtha- “to emit; to issue”

Variations

• UƷU ✧ QL/096
• UGU ✧ QL/097 (UGU)

-ttǝ

suffix. dual

Derivatives

• Eq. -t “dual” ✧ GG/10
• G. -tt “dual” ✧ GG/10
  • G. -th “plural suffix” ✧ GG/10

Variations

• ntǝ ✧ GG/10

ata

root. dual

Derivatives

• Eq. aqi “a brace, a couple of, both” ✧ QL/033
• Eq. at- “bi-, twi-” ✧ QL/033
• G. atha “two”

Element in

• Eq. atwen “twenty” ✧ QL/033

Variations

• ATA ✧ QL/033

wi

root. dual

Derivatives

• ᴱ✶u̯i
  • Eq. ui “*two”
  • G. gwi- “twi-, bi-, di-” ✧ GL/45
  • G. uith “both”
  • G. -wi “dual” ✧ GL/45

Variations

• WI- ✧ QL/033
• U ✧ QL/033