Quenya 

nurru-

murmur, grumble

nurru- vb. "murmur, grumble" (cf. "Qenya" núru-); participle nurrula in Markirya, changed to nurrua, perhaps a kind of verbal adjective of the same meaning (translated "mumbling" in MC:215)

nurru-

verb. to murmur, grumble, mumble

Cognates

  • ᴺS. nuru- “to growl, grumble”
  • ᴺS. norra- “to growl, grumble”

Derivations

  • NUR “*murmur, grumble”

Element in

Quenya [MC/222; MC/223] Group: Eldamo. Published by

núru-

growl (of dogs), grumble

núru- vb. "growl (of dogs), grumble" (LT1:263). Perhaps replaced by nurru- (q.v.) in Tolkien's later Quenya.


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Early Quenya

qiri-

verb. to murmur

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√QISI “*whisper” ✧ QL/077

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√QIRI > qiri-[kʷiri-]✧ QL/077

Variations

  • qiri- ✧ QL/078
Early Quenya [QL/078] Group: Eldamo. Published by