núru- vb. "growl (of dogs), grumble" (LT1:263). Perhaps replaced by nurru- (q.v.) in Tolkien's later Quenya.
Quenya
nurru-
murmur, grumble
nurru-
verb. to murmur, grumble, mumble
Cognates
Derivations
- √NUR “*murmur, grumble”
Element in
- ᴺQ. nurrulë “murmuring”
- Q. raumo nurrua “the storm mumbling” ✧ MC/222; MC/222
núru-
growl (of dogs), 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)