caw-

bow

#caw- vb. "bow" ("k")(1st pers aorist cawin "I bow") (LT1:257; cf. cauca, cauco). In Tolkien's later Quenya, a verbal stem with w in this position does not seem to fit the general phonology well; intervocalic w would become v. We should perhaps read *cav*- whereever the second consonant of the root follows a vowel, but the nasal-infixed past tense could be canwë with the original quality of the consonant preserved. (Compare such a past tense form as anwë, q.v.) However, Tolkiens later verb luhta**- may be preferred for intransitive "bow".

cuv-

verb. bow

quinga

bow

quinga ("q")noun "bow" (for shooting) (KWIG, LT1:256)

luhta-

to bow

luhta- (2) vb. "to bow" (VT47:35); this intransitive verb can be distinguished from luhta- "enchant" above, since #1 is transitive and will always have a direct object, something #2 never has.

luhta-

verb. to bow

Derivations

• ✶luʒu “*bow” ✧ VT47/35

Elements

Word	Gloss
luʒu	“*bow”
-ta	“causative verb suffix”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶luʒu > luhta	[luɣta-] > [luxta-]	✧ VT47/35

Variations

• luhta ✧ VT47/35

cúnë

crescent, bow

cúnë _("k")_noun "crescent, bow" (LT1:271). Cf. cú.

lúva

bow, bight; bend, bow, curve

lúva noun "bow, bight; bend, bow, curve" (Appendix E, PE17:122, 168). The reference is to a "bow" as part of written characters and other uses, but "not for shooting" (a bow used to shoot arrows is called quinga, possibly also cú if the latter term is used as in Sindarin).

cú

arch, crescent

cú ("k")noun "arch, crescent" (KU3); "crescent Moon" (LT1:271; the long vowel was denoted by a circumflex rather than an accent in the early "Qenya" lexicon). In Sindarin, the same word can be used for a "bow" as used to shoot arrows (but possibly this is only quinga in Quenya).

cúnë

noun. crescent, arch, bow

Derivations

• √KU(H) “bow, [ᴱ√] bend”

cû

noun. bow, bow; [N.] arch, crescent; [G.] waxing or waning moon

Cognates

• Q. cúma “[unglossed]” ✧ PE17/122

Derivations

• ✶kūma ✧ PE17/122
  • √KU(H) “bow, [ᴱ√] bend”

Element in

• ᴺS. cungan(d) “viol(in), (lit.) bow-harp”
• ᴺS. cúron “crescent moon”
• S. Cúthalion “Strongbow” ✧ SA/cú
• S. Dor-Cúarthol “Land of Bow and Helm” ✧ SA/cú
• S. Laer Cú Beleg “Song of the Great Bow” ✧ S/209; SA/cú

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶kūma > cû(f)	[kūma] > [kūm] > [kūv] > [kū]	✧ PE17/122

Variations

• cû(f) ✧ PE17/122
• Cú ✧ S/209
• cú ✧ SA/cú

cû

noun. bow

cúron

noun. the crescent Moon

cû

noun. arch, crescent

cû

arch

cû (i gû, o chû) (bow, crescent), pl. cui (i chui)

cû

arch

(i gû, o chû) (bow, crescent), pl. cui (i chui)

cû

crescent

cû (i gû, o chû) (arch, bow), pl. cui (i chui);

cû

crescent

(i gû, o chû) (arch, bow), pl. cui (i chui);

cû

bow

(i gû, o chû) (arch, crescent), pl. cui (i chui)

cû

bow

1) (noun) cû (i gû, o chû) (arch, crescent), pl. cui (i chui), 2) (bow for shooting) peng (i beng, o pheng), pl. ping (i phing),

peng

bow

(i beng, o pheng), pl. ping (i phing)

cov-

verb. to bow

Cognates

• ᴹQ. kuv- “to bow”

Derivations

• √KU(H) “bow, [ᴱ√] bend”

eilian

rainbow

(pl. eiliain). Archaic elianw (so the coll. pl. may be eilianwath).

cúron

crescent moon

(i gúron, o chúron), pl. cúroen (i churoen). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” cúran; compare the Sindarin month-names in -ron.

loera-

verb. to stoop, bow, cower; to submit

Derivations

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

lú

noun. bow

Derivations

• ✶lū “bow, curve” ✧ VT47/12
  • ✶luʒu “*bow” ✧ VT47/35

Variations

• lū ✧ VT47/12

lúta-

verb. to bow, bend

Derivations

• ✶lū “bow, curve” ✧ VT47/12
  • ✶luʒu “*bow” ✧ VT47/35

Variations

• lūta- ✧ VT47/12

cogn

noun. bow

Primitive form given as kuȜnâ, derived from KUȜ "bow" (LR:365); it is probable that ku3nâ was originally an adjective "bow-shaped", since -nâ is predominantly an adjectival ending. As for Ȝ (spirant g) becoming a plosive g, compare garma.

luʒu

noun. *bow

Derivatives

• ✶lū “bow, curve” ✧ VT47/35
  • T. lú “bow” ✧ VT47/12
  • T. lúta- “to bow, bend” ✧ VT47/12
• Q. luhta- “to bow” ✧ VT47/35

Element in

• Q. luhta- “to bow”

lū

noun. bow, curve

Derivations

• ✶luʒu “*bow” ✧ VT47/35

Derivatives

• T. lú “bow” ✧ VT47/12
• T. lúta- “to bow, bend” ✧ VT47/12

Variations

• lû ✧ VT47/34 (lû); VT47/35

lub

root. bend

Derivatives

• Q. lúva “bow (in forming tengwar), bight, bend, curve” ✧ PE17/122

Variations

• LUB ✧ PE17/122; PE17/161

dūbā

noun. bend, bow, curve

Derivations

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

Derivatives

• Q. lúva “bow (in forming tengwar), bight, bend, curve” ✧ PE17/168

ku(h) Reconstructed

root. bow, [ᴱ√] bend

Derivatives

• ✶kūma
  • Q. cúma “[unglossed]” ✧ PE17/122
  • S. cû “bow, bow; [N.] arch, crescent; [G.] waxing or waning moon” ✧ PE17/122
• Q. cúna “bent, curved”
• ᴺQ. cúnë “crescent, arch, bow”
• ᴺS. cov- “to bow”

cû

noun. bow

peng

noun. bow (for shooting)

cúran

noun. the crescent Moon

cû

noun. arch, crescent