Noldorin
cuin
adjective. alive
cuin
adjective. alive
Cognates
- ᴹQ. kuina “alive” ✧ Ety/KUY
Derivations
- ᴹ√KUY “come to life, awake” ✧ Ety/KUY
Element in
- ᴺS. cuinas “vitality, liveliness”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KUY > cuin [kujna] > [kuina] > [kuin] ✧ Ety/KUY
cuina-
verb. to be alive
cûn
adjective. bowed, bow-shaped, bent
maew
noun. gull
maew
noun. gull
Cognates
- ᴹQ. maiwe “gull” ✧ Ety/MIW
Derivations
- ᴹ√MIW “whine” ✧ Ety/MIW
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√MIW > maew [maiwe] > [maiw] > [maew] ✧ Ety/MIW
An adjective for “alive” in The Etymologies of the 1930s based on the root ᴹ√KUY “come to life, awake” (Ety/KUY).
Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s Tolkien had G. cuib “alive” (GL/27) and in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s Tolkien had ᴱN. cuif (cuiv-) “alive” (PE13/141).