A word for “void, darkness”, perhaps first appearing in Ambarkanta from the early 1930s (SM/241). The Etymologies from around 1937 had ᴹQ. kúma “void” under the root ᴹ√KUM of the same meaning (Ety/KUM). It was an element in ᴹQ. Avakúma “Exterior Void”, the darkness surrounding the world (SM/241; Ety/AWA).
Qenya
lusta
adjective. void, empty
kúma
noun. void
An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “void, empty” derived from the root ᴹ√LUS (Ety/LUS).