muku

root. cacare [Latin], *defecate

The root ᴱ√MUKU “cacare [Latin = defecate]” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. múko “dung” and ᴱQ. muqa “filthy” (QL/63). As there are no other roots of similar meaning in Tolkien’s later writing, I think it is worth retaining a Neo-Eldarin root ᴺ√MUK for this purpose.

Derivatives

• Eq. múko “dung, stercus [Latin], *manure, muck” ✧ QL/063
• Eq. mukta- “cacare [Latin], *to empty bowels” ✧ QL/063
• Eq. muqa “filthy” ✧ QL/063
• Eq. mut “dirt, filth” ✧ QL/063

Variations

• MUKU ✧ QL/063

muku Speculative

root. *silent

A hypothetical early root based on words like G. mug- “keep silent, say nothing (about)” and G. maug “silent” (GL/57-58). In later writings Tolkien used words like S. dîn for “silence” in Sindarin.

Derivatives

• G. maug “silent”
• G. mug- “to keep silent, say nothing (about)”