_ n. Zoo. _hound. Q. hú. The gloss might be 'heat'.
Sindarin
hû
spirit
hû
hound
hû
noun. spirit, shadow
Derivations
- ✶hyōba “spirit, shadow” ✧ PE17/086
Element in
- S. huorn “?spirit tree” ✧ PE17/086
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶hō > hû [kʰō] > [xō] > [xū] > [hū] ✧ PE17/086 Variations
- hû ✧ PE17/086
hû
noun. hound (or ?heart), hound, [N.] dog; S. ?heart
A noun appearing as N. hû “dog” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KHUG “bark, bay” (Ety/KHUGAN). The same form hû appeared in rough notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s with a gloss that might be “hound” or might be “heart”, according to Christopher Gilson (PE17/86). This later hû form was derived from ✶khōgo, which makes me think “hound” is the more likely meaning given the primitive form’s resemblance to ᴹ√KHUG.
Conceptual Development: G. hû “dog” also appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/49), but in this period was probably derived from the early root ᴱ√SAẆA (QL/82).
Cognates
- Q. hú “hound (or ?heart)” ✧ PE17/086
Derivations
- ✶khōgo ✧ PE17/086
Variations
- hû ✧ PE17/086
fae
spirit
1) fae (soul, radiance). No distinct pl. form. 2) faer (radiance). No distinct pl. form. (MR:349)
fae
spirit
(soul, radiance). No distinct pl. form.
faer
noun. spirit
faer
spirit
(radiance). No distinct pl. form. (MR:349)
hû
dog
hû (i chû, o chu, construct hu), pl. hui (i chui)
hû
dog
(i chû, o chu, construct hu), pl. hui (i chui)
hûr
fiery spirit
(i chûr, o chûr, construct hur) (readiness for action, vigour), pl. huir (i chuir) if there is a pl.
_ n. _spirit, shadow.