mûs

noun. cow

A word for “cow” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with deleted variant {mui}, a feminine form of G. mû “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

• gacha → gach “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)

mui

noun. cow

Cognates

• G. mûs “cow”

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

• yaksi → yakse ✧ GL/36

Cognates

• G. gach “milch cow” ✧ GL/36; GL/36

Variations

• yakse ✧ GL/36