Quenya 

quinga

bow

quinga ("q")noun "bow" (for shooting) (KWIG, LT1:256)

lúva

bow, bight; bend, bow, curve

lúva noun "bow, bight; bend, bow, curve" (Appendix E, PE17:122, 168). The reference is to a "bow" as part of written characters and other uses, but "not for shooting" (a bow used to shoot arrows is called quinga, possibly also if the latter term is used as in Sindarin).

arch, crescent

("k")noun "arch, crescent" (KU3); "crescent Moon" (LT1:271; the long vowel was denoted by a circumflex rather than an accent in the early "Qenya" lexicon). In Sindarin, the same word can be used for a "bow" as used to shoot arrows (but possibly this is only quinga in Quenya).

caw-

bow

#caw- vb. "bow" ("k")(1st pers aorist cawin "I bow") (LT1:257; cf. cauca, cauco). In Tolkien's later Quenya, a verbal stem with w in this position does not seem to fit the general phonology well; intervocalic w would become v. We should perhaps read *cav*- whereever the second consonant of the root follows a vowel, but the nasal-infixed past tense could be canwë with the original quality of the consonant preserved. (Compare such a past tense form as anwë, q.v.) However, Tolkiens later verb luhta**- may be preferred for intransitive "bow".

cuv-

verb. bow

Quenya [PE 22:102] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

Sindarin 

noun. arch, crescent

Sindarin [Ety/365, S/429] Group: SINDICT. Published by

noun. bow

Sindarin [Ety/365, S/429] Group: SINDICT. Published by

bow

1) (noun) (i gû, o chû) (arch, crescent), pl. cui (i chui), 2) (bow for shooting) peng (i beng, o pheng), pl. ping (i phing),

arch

(i gû, o chû) (bow, crescent), pl. cui (i chui)

arch

(i gû, o chû) (bow, crescent), pl. cui (i chui)

Nandorin 

cogn

noun. bow

Primitive form given as kuȜnâ, derived from KUȜ "bow" (LR:365); it is probable that ku3nâ was originally an adjective "bow-shaped", since -nâ is predominantly an adjectival ending. As for Ȝ (spirant g) becoming a plosive g, compare garma.

Nandorin [H. Fauskanger (LR:365)] < KUȜ. Published by

Noldorin 

peng

noun. bow (for shooting)

Noldorin [Ety/366] Group: SINDICT. Published by

peng

noun. bow (for shooting)

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. qinga “bow (for shooting)” ✧ Ety/KWIG

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶kwingā “bow (for shooting)” ✧ Ety/KWIG
    • ᴹ√KWIGbow (for shooting), bow (for shooting); ?shoot” ✧ Ety/KWIG

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶kwingā > peng[kwiŋgā] > [piŋgā] > [piŋga] > [peŋga] > [peŋg] > [peŋ]✧ Ety/KWIG
Noldorin [Ety/KWIG] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noun. arch, crescent

Noldorin [Ety/365, S/429] Group: SINDICT. Published by

noun. bow

Noldorin [Ety/365, S/429] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

qinga

noun. bow (for shooting)

Cognates

  • N. peng “bow (for shooting)” ✧ Ety/KWIG

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶kwingā “bow (for shooting)” ✧ Ety/KWIG
    • ᴹ√KWIGbow (for shooting), bow (for shooting); ?shoot” ✧ Ety/KWIG

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶kwingā > qinga[kwiŋgā] > [kwiŋga]✧ Ety/KWIG

Middle Primitive Elvish

kwingā

noun. bow (for shooting)

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KWIGbow (for shooting), bow (for shooting); ?shoot” ✧ Ety/KWIG

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. qinga “bow (for shooting)” ✧ Ety/KWIG
  • N. peng “bow (for shooting)” ✧ Ety/KWIG
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KWIG] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

branc

noun. bow (for shooting)

brant

noun. bow (for shooting)

Changes

  • BrantaBrant² ✧ GL/24

Variations

  • Brant² ✧ GL/24
  • Branc ✧ GL/24
  • Branta ✧ GL/24 (Branta)
  • branta ✧ GL/50
  • brant ✧ GL/65; LT1A/Ilweran
Gnomish [GL/24; GL/50; GL/65; LT1A/Ilweran] Group: Eldamo. Published by

branta

noun. bow (for shooting)