Middle Primitive Elvish
bel
root. strong
belē
noun. strength
ete
adverb. back, below
kum
root. void
bélekā
adjective. mighty, huge, great
daʒ
root. great
daʒrā
adjective. great, large
gāsa
noun. void
karpa
root. ?
tū
adjective. strength
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A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “void”, with derivatives like ᴹQ. kúma “void” and N. caun “empty” (Ety/KUM). It was probably also the basis of ᴹQ. kumba in ᴹQ. saurikumba in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, unglossed but probably “✱foul-bellied” (SD/86).