Q. cúma.
Sindarin
cû
noun. bow, bow; [N.] arch, crescent; [G.] waxing or waning moon
Cognates
- Q. cúma “[unglossed]” ✧ PE17/122
Derivations
Element in
- ᴺS. cungan(d) “viol(in), (lit.) bow-harp”
- ᴺS. cúron “crescent moon”
- S. Cúthalion “Strongbow” ✧ SA/cú
- S. Dor-Cúarthol “Land of Bow and Helm” ✧ SA/cú
- S. Laer Cú Beleg “Song of the Great Bow” ✧ S/209; SA/cú
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶kūma > cû(f) [kūma] > [kūm] > [kūv] > [kū] ✧ PE17/122 Variations
- cû(f) ✧ PE17/122
- Cú ✧ S/209
- cú ✧ SA/cú
cû
noun. arch, crescent
cû
noun. bow
cû
cúma
cûf
cúma
cúron
noun. the crescent Moon
côf
noun. bay
côf
noun. bay
The earliest iteration of this word seems to be G. gobos “haven” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, cognate to ᴱQ. kôpa(s) (GL/40). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, Tolkien had ᴱN. cû “bay, cove”, again as a cognate of ᴱQ. kópa (PE13/141). In The Etymologies of the 1930s it was N. hûb “haven, harbour, small landlocked bay” derived from the root ᴹ√KHOP (Ety/KHOP). In notes on The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from the late 1960s, Tolkien use S. côf “bay” in a pair of names: S. Côf Belfalas “Bay of Belfalas” and S. Côf Gwaeren Bel “Windy Bay of Bel”, but the section where it appeared was rejected (VT42/15).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I’d use the 1930s form hûb for “bay”, because (a) it is the latest form that was not rejected and (b) is compatible with an attested Quenya form ᴹQ. hópa of the same meaning.
Derivations
- √KOB “*bay”
Element in
- S. Côf Belfalas “Bay of Belfalas” ✧ VT42/15
- S. Côf Gwaeren Bel “Windy Bay of Bel” ✧ VT42/15
Variations
- Côf ✧ VT42/15 (Côf)
eilian
rainbow
(pl. eiliain). Archaic elianw (so the coll. pl. may be eilianwath).
peng
bow
(i beng, o pheng), pl. ping (i phing)
cû
bow
(i gû, o chû) (arch, crescent), pl. cui (i chui)
cû
bow
1) (noun) cû (i gû, o chû) (arch, crescent), pl. cui (i chui), 2) (bow for shooting) peng (i beng, o pheng), pl. ping (i phing),
cû
arch
cû (i gû, o chû) (bow, crescent), pl. cui (i chui)
cû
arch
(i gû, o chû) (bow, crescent), pl. cui (i chui)
cû
crescent
cû (i gû, o chû) (arch, bow), pl. cui (i chui);
cû
crescent
(i gû, o chû) (arch, bow), pl. cui (i chui);
cugu
dove
cugu (i gugu, o chugu), pl. cygy (i chygy)
cugu
dove
(i gugu, o chugu), pl. cygy (i chygy)
hûb
bay
(i chûb, o chûb, construct hub) (harbour, haven), pl. huib (i chuib)
cúron
crescent moon
(i gúron, o chúron), pl. cúroen (i churoen). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” cúran; compare the Sindarin month-names in -ron.
côf
bay
(noun) 1) côf (i gôf, o chôf, construct cof), pl. cŷf (i chŷf), 2) (small landlocked bay) hûb (i chûb, o chûb, construct hub) (harbour, haven), pl. huib (i chuib)
côf
bay
(i gôf, o chôf, construct cof), pl. cŷf (i chŷf)
Q. cúma.