Gnomish
duru
noun. wood; pole, beam, log
Cognates
- Eq. turu “wood (as material), (orig.) firewood” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë
Derivations
- ᴱ√TUÐU “kindle” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë
Element in
- G. durog “wooden” ✧ GL/31; LT1A/Turuhalmë
- G. Durufui “Yule, (lit.) Log-night” ✧ GL/31; LT1A/Turuhalmë
- G. Duruchalm “Yule” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë
- G. Halmadhurwion ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë
- G. Halm na-dhuruthon “Yule” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë
- G. gronduru “oakwood (mat)” ✧ GL/42
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TURU > duru [durū] > [duru] ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë
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.