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us-

verb. us-

us- (þ) prefix denoting something bad; cf. uscarë

us-

escape

#us- vb. "escape" (given in the form usin "he escapes" in LT1:251; this would have to mean "I escape" if the word is to be adopted to Tolkien's later Quenya). Cf. uswë.

us-

prefix. [wrong] with a bad sense; unsuitable, bad, improper, useless, wrong

Cognates

  • S. oth- “[wrong] with a bad sense; unsuitable, bad, improper, useless, wrong” ✧ PE17/151; PE17/172

Derivations

  • √UTHU “bad; unsuitable; improper, useless, wrong; [wrong] with a bad sense” ✧ PE17/151; PE17/172

Element in

  • Q. uxarë “doing wrong, doing wrong, *misdeed” ✧ PE17/151

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√UTHU > us-[utʰ-] > [uθ-] > [us-]✧ PE17/151

Variations

  • ur(u) ✧ PE17/172 (ur(u))
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us-

verb. to escape, get out

Cognates

  • ᴺS. othra- “to get away, escape”

Derivations

  • ᴺ✶. UTH “get out, escape”