curu

noun. skill (of the hand), craft; power, ability, skill (of the hand), craft; power, ability; [N.] cunning; [ᴱN.] magic

Cognates

• Q. curu “skill, skill; [ᴱQ.] magic, wizardry” ✧ SA/curu
• Q. curwë “skill of the hand, technical skill and invention, [ᴹQ.] craft, [Q.] skill of the hand, technical skill and invention” ✧ VT41/08; VT41/10

Derivations

• ✶kurwē “skill of the hand; power, ability” ✧ PE22/151
  • √KUR “have power, strength, ability inherent physically or mentally; skill, have power, strength, ability inherent physically or mentally; skill, [ᴹ√] craft” ✧ PE22/151; VT41/10
• √KUR “have power, strength, ability inherent physically or mentally; skill, have power, strength, ability inherent physically or mentally; skill, [ᴹ√] craft” ✧ VT41/10

Element in

• S. Curufin “*Skilled-Finwë” ✧ VT41/10
• S. Curunír “Man of Skill” ✧ SA/curu
• S. curunír “wizard, wizard, [N.] man of craft” ✧ PE22/151
• ᴺS. curunis “witch”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√kuru- > curu-	[kurwe] > [kurwe] > [kurw] > [kuru]	✧ VT41/10

Variations

• Curu ✧ PE17/083
• curu- ✧ VT41/10