cautáron

bent

cautáron ("k") adj.?"bent" (MC:216; this is "Qenya")

locin

adjective. bent

Cognates

• ᴺS. logren “curled, curly, *bending, looping”

Derivations

• √LOK “bend, loop, bend, loop, [ᴱ√] twine, twist, curl; [ᴹ√] great serpent, dragon” ✧ PE17/160

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√LOK > lokin	[lokin]	✧ PE17/160

Variations

• lokin ✧ PE17/160

quenta

tale

quenta ("q")noun "tale" (KWET), "narrative, story" (VT39:16); Quenta Silmarillion "the Story/Tale of the Silmarils", also Quenta Eldalien "History of the Elves" (SD:303), notice "Qenya" genitive in -n in the latter title. Quenta is also translated "account", as in Valaquenta "Account of the Valar".

cúna-

verb. to bend

Element in

• Q. menel acúna “the heavens bending” ✧ MC/222; MC/222

Elements

Word	Gloss
cúna	“bent, curved”

Variations

• kúna- ✧ MC/223

cúna

bent, curved

cúna ("k") 1) adj. "bent, curved", from which is derived 2) cúna- vb. "bend", occurring with a- prefix (changed by Tolkien from a na-prefix) in Markirya. Here cúna- is intransitive; we do not know whether it can also be transitive "bend".

cúna

adjective. bent, curved

Derivations

• √KU(H) “bow, [ᴱ√] bend”

Element in

• Q. cúna- “to bend” ✧ MC/223

Variations

• kúna ✧ MC/223

numba

bent, humped

numba adj. "bent, humped" (PE17:168)

numba

adjective. bent, humped

Derivations

• √(N)DUB “bending and drooping, ️bending, drooping” ✧ PE17/168

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√(N)DUP/B > numba	[ndumba] > [numba]	✧ PE17/168

venë

small boat, vessel, dish

venë noun "small boat, vessel, dish" (LT1:254)

raica

crooked, bent, wrong

raica ("k") adj. "crooked, bent, wrong" (RÁYAK, VT39:7), pl. raicar in LR:47 (read perhaps *raicë in LotR-style Quenya)

sara

stiff dry grass, bent

sara (3) (þ) noun "stiff dry grass, bent" (STAR). The word "bent" would here mean "open place covered with grass" (cf. LT1:274).

raica

adjective. crooked, crooked, [ᴹQ.] bent, wrong

Cognates

• ᴺS. raeg “wrong, [G.] awry, twisted, distorted, perverse, leering (of face)”

Derivations

• ✶raika “crooked” ✧ VT39/07; VT39/09
  • √RIK “twist, twist; [ᴹ√] jerk, sudden move, flirt” ✧ VT39/07; VT39/09

Element in

• ᴺQ. raica- “to falsify”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶raika > raika	[raika]	✧ VT39/07
✶raika > raika	[raika]	✧ VT39/09

Variations

• raika ✧ VT39/07; VT39/09

rempa

crooked, hooked

rempa adj. "crooked, hooked" (REP)

hwarin

crooked

hwarin adj. "crooked" (SKWAR)

nyarna

tale, saga

nyarna noun "tale, saga" (NAR2), compounded in nyarmamaitar noun "storyteller" (PE17:163), literally *"tale-artist" (see maitar).

nyárë

tale, saga, history

nyárë noun "tale, saga, history". Compounded in Eldanyárë "History of the Elves", lumenyárë "history, chronological account" (NAR2, LR:199). Compare nyarië, nyarna.

cauca

crooked

cauca _("k")_adj. "crooked" (LT1:257; cf. #caw-)

loc-

verb. to bend

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Derivations

• √LOK “bend, loop, bend, loop, [ᴱ√] twine, twist, curl; [ᴹ√] great serpent, dragon”

raen

adjective. crooked

raeg

adjective. crooked, bent, wrong

glaer

noun. tale, [N.] long lay, narrative poem, [S.] tale, song

Derivations

• √LIR “sing, warble, sing, warble, [ᴹ√] trill”

Element in

• S. Laer Cú Beleg “Song of the Great Bow” ✧ S/209
• S. Glaer nia Chîn Húrin “Tale of the Children of Húrin” ✧ WJ/160

Variations

• Laer ✧ S/209
• Glaer ✧ WJ/160

narn

noun. a tale or a saga, that is told in verse to be spoken and not sung

narn

noun. tale, tale, [N.] saga

Derivations

• ᴹ√NYAR “tell, relate”

Element in

• S. Narn Beren ion Barahir “*Tale of Beren son of Barahir” ✧ MR/373
• S. Narn en·Êl “*Tale of the Star” ✧ MR/373
• S. Narn e·Dant Gondolin ar Orthad en·Êl “*Tale of the Fall of Gondolin and the Raising of the Star” ✧ MR/373
• S. Narn e·Dinúviel “Tale of the Nightingale” ✧ MR/373
• S. Narn e·mbar Hador “*Tale of the House of Hador” ✧ MR/373
• S. Narn e·’Rach Morgoth “Tale of the Curse of Morgoth” ✧ MR/373
• S. Narn i Chîn Húrin “Tale of the Children of Húrin” ✧ MR/373; S/198; UT/057
• ᴺS. narphen “character [of a story]”
• S. Nern in Adanath “Legendarium of the Fathers of Men” ✧ MR/373
• S. Nern in Edenedair “Legendarium of the Fathers of Men” ✧ MR/373

Variations

• Narn ✧ MR/373; S/198; SI/Narn i Hîn Húrin; UT/057

cûn

bent

cûn (bowed, bowshaped), lenited gûn; pl. cuin

cûn

bent

(bowed, bowshaped), lenited gûn; pl. cuin

raen

crooked

raen (no distinct pl. form). Note: a homophone means ”netted, enlaced”.

raen

adjective. crooked

raen

crooked

(no distinct pl. form). Note: a homophone means ”netted, enlaced”.

cûn

bowed

cûn (bowshaped, bent), lenited gûn; pl. cuin

cûn

bowed

(bowshaped, bent), lenited gûn; pl. cuin

rhaen

adjective. crooked

Derivations

• √SRAG “awkward, awry; hard, (very) difficult”

narn

tale

1) narn (saga; versified tale to be spoken rather than sung), pl. nern**; 2) pent (i bent, o phent) (story), pl. pint (i phint), coll. pl. pennath; 3) trenarn (i drenarn, o threnarn) (account), pl. trenern (i threnern); 4) gwanod (i **wanod) (number), pl. gwenyd (in gwenyd).

narn

tale

(saga; versified tale to be spoken rather than sung), pl. *nern***; 2) pent (i** bent, o phent) (story), pl. pint (i** phint), coll. pl. pennath; 3) trenarn (i** drenarn, o threnarn) (account), pl. trenern (i** threnern); 4) gwanod (i ’wanod) (number), pl. gwenyd (in gwenyd**).

lôkho

adjective. bent, crooked

An adjective variously glossed as “bent” or “crooked”, attested only in its plural form lôkhî (SD/247, VT24/12). Andreas Moehn suggested (EotAL/LUKH) it may be related to the Elvish root √LOK “bend, loop”.

Conceptual Development: In its first appearance, this adjective had the plural form rōkhī, suggesting an earlier singular form ✱rôkho (SD/312).

Derivations

• √LOK “bend, loop, bend, loop, [ᴱ√] twine, twist, curl; [ᴹ√] great serpent, dragon”

Element in

• Ad. îdô katha batîna lôkhî “now all ways (are) bent” ✧ SD/247
• Ad. īdō kathī batānī rōkhī-nam “lo! now all ways bent-are” ✧ SD/312

raika

adjective. crooked

Derivations

• √RIK “twist, twist; [ᴹ√] jerk, sudden move, flirt” ✧ VT39/07; VT39/09

Derivatives

• Q. raica “crooked, crooked, [ᴹQ.] bent, wrong” ✧ VT39/07; VT39/09

swar

root. crooked

pent

noun. tale

rhaen

adjective. crooked

rhaen

adjective. crooked

Derivations

• On. ragna “crooked” ✧ Ety/RAG
  • ᴹ✶ragnā “crooked” ✧ Ety/RAG
  • ᴹ√RAG “*crooked” ✧ Ety/RAG

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. ragna > rhaen	[ragna] > [raŋna] > [raina] > [rain] > [r̥ain] > [r̥aen]	✧ Ety/RAG

rhoeg

adjective. crooked, bent, wrong

cûn

adjective. bowed, bow-shaped, bent

cûn

adjective. bowed, bow-shaped, bent, bowed, bent, bow-shaped, [G.] concave

Cognates

• Ilk. caun “bowed, bow-shaped, bent” ✧ Ety/KUƷ

Derivations

• ᴹ✶kuʒnā “bowed, bow-shaped, bent” ✧ Ety/KUƷ
  • ᴹ√KU(Ʒ) “bow” ✧ Ety/KUƷ

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶kuʒnā > cûn	[kuɣnā] > [kugnā] > [kugna] > [kuŋna] > [kūna] > [kūn]	✧ Ety/KUƷ

gwanod

noun. tale, number

narn

noun. a tale or a saga, that is told in verse to be spoken and not sung