ú-

prefix. no, not, un-, in-; hard, difficult, bad, uneasy; hardly, with difficulty, ‘badly’

Cognates

• S. ú- “no, not, negative; impossible, no, not, negative; impossible; [N.] bad-” ✧ PE17/062

Derivations

• √UG “dislike” ✧ PE22/160
• √Ū “denial of fact, privation, negative element, denial of fact, privation, negative element, [ᴱ√] not” ✧ VT42/33

Element in

• ᴺQ. úpuhta- “to fornicate”
• ᴺQ. úhep- “to lose, (lit.) to un-keep”
• ᴺQ. únet- “to lose, (lit.) to un-get”
• Q. úcalima “dim, murky, dim, murky, *not bright” ✧ PE22/156
• Q. úcar- “*to trespass, do wrong, sin”
• Q. úcarë “*sin, debt, trespass”
• Q. úcárima “hard to do, difficult” ✧ PE22/156
• Q. úcarnë “not red” ✧ PE22/152
• ᴺQ. úcim- “disregard”
• ᴺQ. úfailië “unrighteousness”
• Q. úfantima “not concealable”
• Q. úfanwëa “not veiled, unveiled”
• ᴺQ. úhandë “unreason, incomprehension”
• Q. úχarin “unmarred” ✧ PE17/150
• Q. Úlairi “Ring-wraiths, (lit.) ?Un-living, Un-summer”
• ᴺQ. úlaita- “to dishonour”
• ᴺQ. úlévima “paralyzed, lame”
• Q. Úmaiar “Evil Spirits”
• Q. úmaitë “clumsy(-handed), unskilled”
• Q. Úmaneldi “*Elves not of Aman”
• Q. Úmanyar “Those not of Aman”
• Q. úmara “bad, ill-used, evil, sinister” ✧ VT49/15
• Q. úmárë “not good = evil” ✧ PE22/152
• Q. únat “thing impossible to be or to be done”
• Q. únehta “*atom”
• Q. Úner “Noman” ✧ UT/211
• Q. únotë(a) “not counted, uncounted” ✧ PE17/143; VT39/14
• Q. únótima “numberless, innumerable, countless, difficult/impossible to count” ✧ PE17/062; PE17/063; PE17/143; PE22/156; PE22/160; VT39/14; VT42/33
• ᴺQ. únut- “to untie”
• Q. únyárima “impossible to recount”
• Q. úpa “dumb [unable to speak]”
• Q. úpahtëa “speechless”
• ᴺQ. úpoica “unclean”
• ᴺQ. úqua “nothing”
• ᴺQ. úquen “nobody, no one”
• Q. úquétima “unspeakable, impossible to say or put into words, unpronounceable”
• Q. úsahtië “inducement to do wrong, *temptation”
• Q. úsië “on the contrary” ✧ VT49/18
• Q. úsir “on the contrary” ✧ VT49/18
• ᴺQ. útancië “uncertainty”
• ᴺQ. útulya- “to mislead”
• ᴺQ. útúrima “unruly”
• Q. úvana “marred”
• Q. úvanë(a) “without beauty”
• Q. úvanima “not fair, ugly; hard to call beautiful, hideous” ✧ PE17/143; PE22/156; VT39/14
• Q. úvanimo “monster, corrupt or evil creature”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√UG > ú	[ugu-] > [uɣu-] > [ū-]	✧ PE22/160
√û > ú	[ū-]	✧ VT42/33

Variations

• ū- ✧ PE17/062; PE17/144; PE22/152; PE22/156
• ū ✧ PE22/156; PE22/167; VT44/04
• ú ✧ PE22/160; VT42/33
• Ú- ✧ UT/211 (Ú-)