Black Speech

uruk

noun. Orc

Cognates

  • S. orch “Orc, Orc, [N.] goblin” ✧ WJ/390; Let/178; PE17/052
  • Q. orco “Orc” ✧ PE17/047

Derivations

  • ✶urku/urkō “orc” ✧ WJ/390
    • √RUK “terrible shapes and the fear they inspire, terrible shapes and the fear they inspire, [ᴹ√] demon” ✧ WJ/389

Element in

  • Bs. Uruk-hai “Orc-folk” ✧ WJI/Uruk

Variations

  • Uruks ✧ LotR/0324; LotRI/Uruks
  • uruks ✧ SD/033
  • Uruk ✧ WJI/Uruk
Black Speech [Let/178; LotR/0324; LotR/1131; LotRI/Uruks; PE17/047; PE17/052; SD/033; WJ/390; WJI/Uruk] Group: Eldamo. Published by