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Early Primitive Elvish

fuku Speculative

root. *smoke, smoulder

A hypothetical early root to explain Gnomish words such as G. fug- “smoulder” and G. func “smoke” (GL/35). In Noldorin of the 1930s, it seems this root was replaced by ᴹ√USUK of similar meaning.

Derivatives

  • G. faug “wood smoke”
  • G. fug- “to smoulder”
  • G. func “smoke”

Element in

  • G. fuctha- “to smoke (over a wood fire)”
Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by