Qenya
lóke
noun. dragon
Cognates
- N. lhûg “dragon” ✧ Ety/LOK
Derivations
- ᴹ√LOK “great serpent, dragon” ✧ Ety/LOK
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√LOK > lóke [lōke] ✧ Ety/LOK
angulóke
noun. dragon
Cognates
- N. amlug “dragon” ✧ Ety/LOK
Element in
- ᴺQ. angulóceluntë “dragon boat”
Elements
Word Gloss ango “snake, dragon” lóke “dragon”
ango
noun. snake, dragon
Derivations
- ᴹ√ANGWA “snake” ✧ Ety/ANGWA
Element in
- ᴹQ. angulóke “dragon”
- ᴹQ. angwion ie uman enwa “the existence of dragons at one time (is) a fact” ✧ PE22/124
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ANGWA > ango [aŋgu] > [aŋgo] ✧ Ety/ANGWA
lungu
noun. dragon
Derivations
- ᴹ√LOK “great serpent, dragon”
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “snake” derived from the root ᴹ√ANGWA of the same meaning, with a plural form angwi (Ety/ANGWA). This plural form reappeared in the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s, but there it was translated “dragons”.
Conceptual Development: A similar form ᴱQ. oqi “snake” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s as a derivative of the early root ᴱ√OQO “curve, bend” (QL/70).
Neo-Quenya: The word Q. leuca “snake” from The Lord of the Rings appendices is more commonly used for “snake” in Neo-Quenya.