curu

skill

curu noun "skill" in names like Curufinwë (q.v.) and Sindarin Curufin, Curunir. (SA; possibly the same as curo, curu- above but there was a word curu ["k"] in Tolkien's early "Qenya", glossed "magic, wizardry" [LT1:269]).

curu

noun. skill, skill; [ᴱQ.] magic, wizardry

@@@ more accurately what men would might “magic”, but to the Elves including what is to them ordinary skills such as mental communication and powers of foresight

Cognates

• S. curu “skill (of the hand), craft; power, ability, skill (of the hand), craft; power, ability; [N.] cunning; [ᴱN.] magic” ✧ SA/curu

Derivations

• √KUR “have power, strength, ability inherent physically or mentally; skill, have power, strength, ability inherent physically or mentally; skill, [ᴹ√] craft”

Element in

• Q. Curufinwë “*Skilled-Finwë” ✧ SA/curu; SI/Fëanor
• Q. Curumo “*Skilled-one”
• ᴺQ. curuni “witch, *sorceress, female magician (not necessarily evil)”

curwë

craft

curwë ("k")noun "craft" (KUR), "skill of the hand" (VT41:10), Curwë ("K") "technical skill and invention" (PM:360 cf. 344)

findë

cunning

findë (2) noun? (less likely adj.) "cunning" (LT1:253; this "Qenya" word is possibly obsoleted by # 1 above)

finië

cunning

finië noun? "cunning" (LT1:253)

sairina

magic

sairina adj.? "magic" (evidently adj. rather than noun) (GL:72)

tanwë

craft, thing made, device, construction

tanwë noun "craft, thing made, device, construction" (TAN)

finië

noun. cunning

Derivations

• √PHIN “clever, skillful; neat, fine, delicate; skill, dexterity, clever, skillful; neat, fine, delicate; skill, dexterity, [ᴹ√] nimbleness”

curu

noun. craft; applied to all cunning things or [wily?] things

_ n. _craft; applied to all cunning things or [wily?] things, esp. when intended as mysterious or secret.

curu

noun. skill (of the hand), craft; power, ability, skill (of the hand), craft; power, ability; [N.] cunning; [ᴱN.] magic

Cognates

• Q. curu “skill, skill; [ᴱQ.] magic, wizardry” ✧ SA/curu
• Q. curwë “skill of the hand, technical skill and invention, [ᴹQ.] craft, [Q.] skill of the hand, technical skill and invention” ✧ VT41/08; VT41/10

Derivations

• ✶kurwē “skill of the hand; power, ability” ✧ PE22/151
  • √KUR “have power, strength, ability inherent physically or mentally; skill, have power, strength, ability inherent physically or mentally; skill, [ᴹ√] craft” ✧ PE22/151; VT41/10
• √KUR “have power, strength, ability inherent physically or mentally; skill, have power, strength, ability inherent physically or mentally; skill, [ᴹ√] craft” ✧ VT41/10

Element in

• S. Curufin “*Skilled-Finwë” ✧ VT41/10
• S. Curunír “Man of Skill” ✧ SA/curu
• S. curunír “wizard, wizard, [N.] man of craft” ✧ PE22/151
• ᴺS. curunis “witch”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√kuru- > curu-	[kurwe] > [kurwe] > [kurw] > [kuru]	✧ VT41/10

Variations

• Curu ✧ PE17/083
• curu- ✧ VT41/10

coru

adjective. cunning, wily

gûl

noun. magic lore, long study (being used mostly of secret knowledge, especially such as possessed by artificers who made wonderful things)

gûl

noun. perverted or evil knowledge, sorcery, necromancy

curu

cunning device

(i guru, o churu) (skill, craft), pl. cyry (i chyry) (VT45:24). Similar forms function as adjectives:

curu

skill

curu (i guru, o churu) (cunning, cunning device, craft), pl. cyry (i chyry). Archaic *curw, hence the coll. pl. is likely curwath. (VT45:24)

curu

skill

(i guru, o churu) (cunning, cunning device, craft), pl. cyry (i chyry). Archaic ✱curw, hence the coll. pl. is likely curwath. (VT45:24)

curu

cunning device

curu (i guru, o churu) (skill, craft), pl. cyry (i chyry) (VT45:24). Similar forms function as adjectives:

coru

cunning

(adj.) coru (wily), lenited goru, analogical pl. cery. Archaic corw (pl. cyrw).

coru

cunning

(wily), lenited goru, analogical pl. cery. Archaic corw (pl. cyrw).

curunír

man of craft

(i gurunír, o churunír) (wizard), no distinct pl. form except with article (i churunír), coll. pl. ?curuníriath

gûl

magic

1) gûl (i ngûl = i ñûl, o n**gûl = o ñgûl, construct gul) (sorcery, necromancy, evil knowledge), pl. guil (in guil = i ñguil) (Silm:App, MR:250, WJ:383), 2) angol (deep lore), pl. engyl**. Note: a homophone means "stench". DARK MAGIC, see .

gûl

magic

(i ngûl = i ñûl, o n’gûl = o ñgûl, construct gul) (sorcery, necromancy, evil knowledge), pl. guil (in guil = i ñguil) (Silm:App, MR:250, WJ:383)

maenas

craft

maenas (i vaenas) (handicraft, art), pl. maenais (i maenais), coll. pl. maenassath. Also curu (i guru, o churu) (cunning, cunning device, skill), pl. cyry (i chyry) (VT45:24);

maenas

craft

(i vaenas) (handicraft, art), pl. maenais (i maenais), coll. pl. maenassath. Also curu (i guru, o churu) (cunning, cunning device, skill), pl. cyry (i chyry) (VT45:24);

angol

magic

(deep lore), pl. engyl. Note: a homophone means "stench".

curu

noun. cunning

Cognates

• ᴹQ. kurwe “craft” ✧ Ety/KUR

Derivations

• ᴹ√KUR “craft” ✧ Ety/KUR

Element in

• N. crumguru “wiley, sinister, guilty” ✧ EtyAC/KUR
• N. Curufin “Crafty” ✧ Ety/KUR
• N. curunir “a man of craft, wizard” ✧ Ety/KUR

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√KUR > curw > curu	[kurwe] > [kurwe] > [kurw] > [kuru]	✧ Ety/KUR
ᴹ√KUR > cyry	[kurwi] > [kyrwi] > [kyrui] > [kyry]	✧ Ety/KUR

curu

noun. craft, skill

curw

noun. craft, skill

corw

adjective. cunning, wily

gûl

noun. magic lore, long study (being used mostly of secret knowledge, especially such as possessed by artificers who made wonderful things)

gûl

noun. perverted or evil knowledge, sorcery, necromancy

gûl

noun. magic

Cognates

• ᴹQ. nóle “wisdom” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL
• Ilk. durgul “sorcery” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL
• Ilk. morgul “sorcery” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL

Derivations

• ᴹ√ÑGOL “wise, wisdom, be wise” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL

Element in

• N. durgul “sorcery”
• N. morgul “sorcery” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√ÑGOL > gûl	[ŋgōle] > [ŋgūle] > [gūle] > [gūl]	✧ Ety/ÑGOL

maenas

noun. craft