mundo

bull

mundo (1) noun "bull" (Letters:422)

mundo

snout, nose, cape

mundo (2) noun "snout, nose, cape" (MBUD)

mundo

noun. bull, ox

A word for “bull” in a 1972 letter to Meriel Thurston (Let/422). A similar form mondo appeared as an element in the name Q. Mondósar “Oxford” from a 1968 letter (DTS/70). See S. mund for other possible conceptual precursors.

Possible Etymology: Luinyelle suggested that this word is likely related to and a later iteration of G. mû “ox” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/58), possibly an agental formation from onomatopoeic ✱mū plus ✶-ndō. I think this is a good theory, but it is somewhat undermined by the existence of mondo-.

Cognates

• S. mund “bull” ✧ Let/423

Element in

• Q. Mondósar “Oxford” ✧ DTS/70
• ᴺQ. mundollë “calf”

Variations

• Mondó ✧ DTS/70 (Mondó)
• MUNDO ✧ Let/422

mondo

noun. ox

tarunco

bull

tarunco ("k") noun "bull" (also tarucco) ("k") (LT2:347; Tolkien's later Quenya has mundo)

tarucco

bull

tarucco ("k") noun "bull" (also tarunco) ("k") (LT2:347; Tolkien's later Quenya has mundo)

taracu-

ox

taracu- ("k") noun "ox" (LT2:347, GL:69). Tolkien apparently invented the word mundo for his later form of Quenya.

mund

noun. bull

mund

noun. bull

An Elvish word for “bull” in a 1972 letter to Meriel Thurston appearing as an element in various names such as Aramund “Noble Bull” (Let/423). Given its lack of final vowel, this is likely the Sindarin equivalent of Q. mundo “bull” appearing in another letter to Mrs. Thurston from early in the same year (Let/422).

Conceptual Development: The similar word G. mû “ox” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s serving as the basis for various cow-related words (GL/58).

Cognates

• Q. mundo “bull, ox” ✧ Let/423

Element in

• S. Aramund “Kingly Bull” ✧ Let/423
• ᴺS. munneg “calf”
• ᴺS. munnost “byre, cowhouse”
• S. Rasmund “Horned Bull” ✧ Let/423
• S. Tarmund “Noble Bull” ✧ Let/423
• S. Turcomund “Chief of Bulls” ✧ Let/423

mund

bull

mund (i vund, construct mun), pl. mynd (i mynd), coll. pl. munnath

mund

bull

(i vund, construct mun), pl. mynd (i mynd), coll. pl. munnath

bund

snout

bund (i mund, o mbund, construct mun) (nose, cape [of land]), pl. bynd (i mbynd). LONG-SNOUTED, see ELEPHANT

bund

snout

(i mund, o mbund, construct mun) (nose, cape [of land]), pl. bynd (i mbynd).

bund

noun. snout, nose; cape [of land]

bund

noun. snout, nose

bund

noun. cape (of land)

bunn

noun. snout, nose

bunn

noun. cape (of land)

bunn

noun. snout, nose; cape [of land]

A word appearing as N. bunn “snout, nose, cape” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from primitive ᴹ✶mbundu under the root ᴹ√MBUD “project” (Ety/MBUD).

Neo-Sindarin: In keeping with the principle that nd remained “at the end of fully accented monosyllables” in Sindarin (LotR/1115), I would adapted this word as ᴺS. bund for purposes of Neo-Sindarin. I would use it primarily for the noses of animals, and only metaphorically as a cape of land.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. mundo “snout, nose; cape [of land]” ✧ Ety/MBUD

Derivations

• ᴹ✶mbundu “snout, nose; cape [of land]” ✧ Ety/MBUD
  • ᴹ√(M)BUD “jut out, project” ✧ Ety/MBUD

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶mbundu > bund > bunn	[mbundu] > [mbundo] > [bundo] > [bund] > [bunn]	✧ Ety/MBUD