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narmo
noun. wolf
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴹ√ÑGARAM “*wolf” ✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M
Element in
- ᴺQ. nengarmo “otter, (lit.) water-wolf”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ÑGAR(A)M > ñarmo > narmo [ŋgaramo] > [ŋgarmo] > [ŋarmo] > [narmo] ✧ Ety/ÑGAR(A)M
ráka
noun. wolf
A noun for “wolf” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶d’rāk under the root ᴹ√DARAK (Ety/DARÁK), where the ancient initial dr became r as usual for Quenya (PE19/37).
Conceptual Development: Earlier words for “wolf” of similar form include ᴱQ. ulku and feminine ᴱQ. ulqi “she-wolf” appearing in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√ULUKU (QL/97).
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶d’rāk > ráka [drāka] > [rāka] ✧ Ety/DARÁK
A noun for “wolf” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√ÑGARAM (Ety/ÑGAR(A)M), apparently a variant of ᴹ√ÑGAW “howl”. It seems narmo is a word for an ordinary wolf, as opposed to nauro “werewolf”.
Conceptual Development: A similar (but rejected) form ᴹQ. harma “wolf” appeared under the deleted root ᴹ√ƷARAM (Ety/ƷARAM).