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Gnomish

duru

noun. wood; pole, beam, log

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “wood; a pole, beam or log” (GL/31), likely related to the early root ᴱ√TUŘU from the Qenya Lexicon as suggested by Christoper Tolkien (LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/096), itself probably a blending of TUÐU and DURU.

Cognates

  • Eq. turu “wood (as material), (orig.) firewood” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TUÐU “kindle” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TURU > duru[durū] > [duru]✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë
Gnomish [GL/31; GL/42; LT1A/Turuhalmë] Group: Eldamo. Published by