úra

large

úra (2) adj. "large" (UR), probably obsoleted by #1 above

úra

evil, nasty

úra (1) adj. "evil, nasty" (VT43:24, VT48:32)

úra

adjective. nasty

Changes

• úra → úro “*evil” ✧ VT43/24

Derivations

• √UG “dislike” ✧ VT43/24

Element in

• Q. násië “but deliver us from evil: Amen” ✧ VT43/24
• Q. úro “*evil, nastiness”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√UG > úra	[ugra] > [uɣra] > [ūra]	✧ VT43/24

Variations

• úra ✧ VT43/24 (úra); VT43/24

úra

adjective. torrid, sultry, unpleasantly hot

Derivations

• ✶ugrā “nasty” ✧ PE22/160
  • √UG “dislike” ✧ PE22/160

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶ugrā > úra	[ugrā] > [uɣrā] > [ūrā] > [ūra]	✧ PE22/160

Variations

• úra ✧ PE22/160

urra

adjective. nasty, bad

úro

evil

úro noun "evil" (VT43:24); Tolkien may have abandoned this form in favour of ulco, q.v.

úmëa

evil

úmëa (2) adj. "evil" (UGU/UMU). Obsoleted by #1 above? Possibly connected to úmëai in Narqelion, if that is a "Qenya" plural form.

ulca

evil, bad, wicked, wrong

ulca adj. "evil, bad, wicked, wrong" (QL:97, VT43:23-24, VT48:32, VT49:14; compounded in henulca "evileyed", SD:68); variant olca, q.v. Compare noun ulco. The adj. ulca may also itself be used as a noun "evil", as in the ablative form ulcallo "from evil" (VT43:8, 10) and the sentence cé mo quetë ulca *"if one speaks evil" (VT49:19).

-úmë

large

-úmë (3) suffix "large" (of quantity)", as in liyúmë "host" (VT48:32)

alta

large, great in size

alta (1) adj. *"large, great in size" (root meaning)(ÁLAT). Alat- in Alatairë, q.v.

naxa

adjective. evil

naxa

noun/adjective. evil

Element in

• Q. carë mára quí tyarë naxa “doing good may cause evil” ✧ PE22/154

Variations

• naxa ✧ PE22/154

olca

evil, bad, wicked

olca adj. "evil, bad, wicked" (VT43:23-24, VT48:32, VT49:14, PE17:149). The root meaning implies "wickedness as well as badness or lack of worth" (PE17:170). Variant of ulca.

ulco

evil

ulco (stem #ulcu-) noun "evil", pl. *ulqui (VT43:23-24; the stem-form is attested in the ablative case: ulcullo "from evil", VT43:12)

ulco

noun. evil

Derivations

• √UK “nasty”

Element in

• Q. násië “but deliver us from evil: Amen” ✧ VT43/24; VT43/23
• ᴺQ. ulculóra “without evil”

alat-

large, great in size

alat- prefix "large, great in size". (ÁLAT, cf. VT45:5). In Alatairë.

nerdo

large, strong man

nerdo noun "large, strong man" (compare nér) (VT47:33)

pol

large, big (strong)

pol (2) adj. "large, big (strong)". Since this would be the sole example of a monosyllabic Quenya adjective, it may be that Tolkien is here citing the root POL rather than a complete word. Cf. polda.