lhaws
noun. hair ringlet
lhaws
noun. ringlet
Cognates
- ᴹQ. lokse “hair, hair [in general]” ✧ Ety/LOKH
Derivations
- ᴹ√LOKH “*curl of hair” ✧ Ety/LOKH
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√LOKH > lhaws [lokʰse] > [lokse] > [loksa] > [loxsa] > [lousa] > [lausa] > [laus] > [l̥aus] ✧ Ety/LOKH
fast
noun. shaggy hair
lhoch
noun. ringlet
lhoch
noun. ringlet
A noun appearing as N. lhoch “ringlet” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√LOKH (Ety/LOKH).
Neo-Sindarin: Since the unvoicing of initial liquids did not occur in Sindarin, many people adapt this word as ᴺS. loch “ringlet” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, as suggested in HSD (HSD).
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶lokko > lhoch [lokko] > [lokkʰo] > [loxxo] > [loxx] > [l̥oxx] > [l̥ox] ✧ Ety/LOKH
findel
noun. (braided) hair
finnel
noun. (braided) hair
A noun appearing as N. lhaws “ringlet” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√LOKH, cognate to ᴹQ. lokse “hair” (Ety/LOKH). In this word, the spirantal χ vocalized to u after o as usual in Noldorin and then ou became au (aw).
Neo-Sindarin: Some people adapt this word as ᴺS. laus for Neo-Sindarin, replacing the unvoiced lh with voiced l. However, this is not the only relevant phonetic difference between Noldorin and Sindarin: χ generally vocalized to i in Sindarin and in any case seems not to have vocalized at all before s. It’s probably better to avoid such issues and just use ᴺS. loch for “ringlet”, adapted from N. lhoch.