Quenya 

yaxë

milch cow

yaxë noun "milch cow", also yaxi "cow" (in Tolkien's later Quenya, the latter would probably be a plural) (GL:36)

yaxë

noun. cow

Cognates

  • ᴺS. gach “cow”

Derivations

  • ᴺ✶. GYAK “cattle”

Sindarin 

gach

noun. cow

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴺ✶. GYAK “cattle”

Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Gnomish

mûs

noun. cow

A word for “cow” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with deleted variant {mui}, a feminine form of G. “ox” (GL/58).

Cognates

  • Eq. mui “cow”

Variations

  • mui ✧ GL/58 (mui)

gach

noun. milch cow

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as {gacha “cow” >>} G. gach “a milch cow”, cognate to ᴱQ. yakse of the same meaning (GL/36), which was derived from the early root ᴱ√Ẏak “a head of cattle” (QL/105).

Neo-Sindarin: I would retain this word in Neo-Sindarin as ᴺS. gach “cow” (< ✱gyaksē) based on the Neo-Root ᴺ√GYAK, with the sound changes (a) gy- &gt; g- and (b) ks &gt; ch.

Changes

  • gachagach “cow” ✧ GL/36

Cognates

  • Eq. yaksi “cow” ✧ GL/36; GL/36

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ẎAKA “a head of cattle”

Element in

  • G. gagron “yoke ox, bullock” ✧ GL/36

Variations

  • gacha ✧ GL/36 (gacha)

Early Quenya

mui

noun. cow

Cognates

Early Quenya [PE16/132] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yakse

noun. cow

yaksi

noun. cow

The noun ᴱQ. yaksi “cow” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a derivative of the early root ᴱ√Ẏak “a head of cattle” (QL/105). The contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon also had ᴱQ. yaksi, but this form was deleted and ᴱQ. yakse was given as the cognate of G. gach “milch cow” (GL/36).

Conceptual Development: In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, the word for “cow” was ᴱQ. mui (PE16/132), likely related to G. mûs “cow” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s which had a deleted variant {mui} (GL/58). This probable relationship was suggested by Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson (PE16/132).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. yaxë from the Neo-Root ᴺ√GYAK; Helge Fauskanger used this word for “cow” in his NQNT (NQNT).

Changes

  • yaksiyakse ✧ GL/36

Cognates

  • G. gach “milch cow” ✧ GL/36; GL/36

Variations

  • yakse ✧ GL/36
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