Early Primitive Elvish
fuku Speculative
root. *smoke, smoulder
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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.