A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “pile” appearing as a derivative of the root ᴱ√KUMU “heap up”, but Tolkien considered transferring it to ᴱ√KUPU “hump” (QL/49).
Early Quenya
kú
noun. crescent moon
kúvion
proper name. Kúvion
kúne malle
place name. Road of Arches
kumpo
noun. pile
kúne
noun. crescent, bow, arch
kum-
verb. to pile up
kúme
noun. pile, heap; load, burden
kumbe
noun. pile, heap; load, burden
kúva lunde (silmea)
*crescent phase (of the moon)
kûruki
masculine name. Kûruki
Name of an evil magician in the earliest Lost Tales (LT2/138). It seems to contain kuru “magic”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT2A/Kûruki).
kauta-
verb. to bend
qinga
noun. bow
Street name in an early name list (PE13/105), appearing nowhere else. It is a combination of kúne “arch” and malle “road”.