Middle Primitive Elvish
reddā
noun. ‘sown’, sown field, acre
karan
root. red
karani
adjective. red
kuldā
adjective. red
kul
root. golden-red
narwā
adjective. fiery red
gul
root. *golden-red
roy
root. ruddy, red
anār
noun. Sun
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reddā
noun. ‘sown’, sown field, acre
karan
root. red
karani
adjective. red
kuldā
adjective. red
kul
root. golden-red
narwā
adjective. fiery red
gul
root. *golden-red
roy
root. ruddy, red
anār
noun. Sun
This root appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “red” (Ety/KARÁN), a later iteration of ᴱ√KṚN of the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s of the same meaning, but with syllabic ṛ (QL/48). Its main Quenya derivative, Q. carnë, retained the same form throughout Tolkien’s life, but its Gnomish forms G. carn(in) “scarlet” and G. crintha “rosy, pink” (GL/25, 27) became N. caran “red” in the 1930s, and retained that form thereafter.