Noldorin
cuina-
verb. to be alive
cuina-
verb. to be alive
Derivations
- ᴹ√KUY “come to life, awake” ✧ Ety/KUY
Element in
- N. Dor Firn i Guinar “Land of the Dead that Live” ✧ Ety/KUY
- N. Gwerth-i-Cuina “(Land of) the Dead that Live”
- N. Gyrth-i-Guinar “Dead that Live”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KUY > cuino [kujna-] > [kuina-] ✧ Ety/KUY
cuia-
verb. to live
Derivations
- ᴹ√KUY “come to life, awake”
Element in
- N. cuio i Pheriain anann “long live the halflings” ✧ SD/046
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
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).