mud
Quenya
luxo
mud
loxo
noun. mud
Derivations
- √LOG “wet (and soft), soaked, swampy”
Element in
- ᴺQ. loxor “swamp, bog”
Sindarin
madha
noun. mud
madha
noun. mud
A word given as maða “mud” in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) of the 1950s, a derivative of ✶mazgō (PE19/101). A similar form N. mada [probably a slip for maða] appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the gloss “soft, pliant, yielding” as a derivative of madhgh < ᴹ√MASAG (EtyAC/MASAG). But this form was rejected and apparently replaced by N. moe “soft, pliant” < ON. maiga (Ety/MASAG). These variations seem to reflect shifting thoughts on the development of zg in Sindarin and Noldorin, either (in the 1930s) zg > i̯g to form diphthongs or (in the 1950s) zg > ðg > -ða.
Cognates
- Q. maxo “mire, mire, [ᴹQ.] sticky substance” ✧ PE19/101
Derivations
Element in
- ᴺS. madhren “muddy”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶mazgō/ŭ > maða [mazgō] > [mazgo] > [maðɣo] > [maðɣ] > [maða] ✧ PE19/101 Variations
- maða ✧ PE19/101
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Gnomish
ûg
noun. mud
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “mud” (GL/74), possibly derived from a variant (?ᴱ√UK) of the Early Root ᴱ√LUKU from the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon which likewise had derivatives like ᴱQ. lukso “mud” (QL/56).
Derivations
- ᴱ√LUKU “*slime, mud”
Element in
- G. ûgrin “muddy” ✧ GL/74
Early Quenya
lukso
noun. mud
The word ᴱQ. lukso (luksu-) appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with the gloss “mud” as a derivative of the root ᴱ√LUKU (QL/56).
Neo-Quenya: The root √LUK had other meanings in Tolkien’s later writings. However, the later root √LOG “wet (and soft), soaked, swampy” seems to be similar in sense to early ᴱ√LUKU, so this word for “mud” might be salvaged as a neologism: ✱log-sō > lokso > ᴺQ. loxo.
Derivations
- ᴱ√LUKU “*slime, mud” ✧ QL/056
Element in
- Eq. luksor “swamp, bog” ✧ QL/056
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LUKU > lukso [luksu] > [lukso] ✧ QL/056
luxo (luxu-) noun "mud" (QL:56)