suku

root. *sweet

The root ᴱ√SUKU⁽²⁾ appeared unglossed in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. suksa “sweet” and ᴱQ. sutya- “sweeten, soothe” (QL/87). A parenthetical comment indicated that ᴱ√ÐUKU might be the true root form. There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.

Derivatives

• Eq. sutya- “to sweeten, soothe” ✧ QL/087
• Eq. suksa “sweet” ✧ QL/087
• Eq. sutya “sweet” ✧ QL/087

Variations

• SUKU ✧ QL/087
• ÐUKU ✧ QL/087 (ÐUKU)

suku

root. *resin, gum

ᴱ√SUKU⁽¹⁾ appeared as an unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. súke “resinous tree, pine or fir” and ᴱQ. sulka “sticky, viscous” (QL/86-87). It had derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. thuctha- “adhere to, cleave” and G. thugli “resin” (GL/73), indicating the true root form was ✱ᴱ√ÞUKU. I think it is worth positing a Neo-Root ᴺ√THUK “resin, gum” to salvage some of these early words.

Derivatives

• Eq. sulka “sticky, viscous” ✧ QL/086
• Eq. súke “resinous trees, pine or fir” ✧ QL/086
• Eq. sutl “sticky matter, slime, gum” ✧ QL/086
• Eq. sukte “resin, gum” ✧ QL/086
• G. thuctha- “to adhere to, cleave”
• G. thug “?resin”
• G. thugli “resin”
• G. thuith “resinous juice; any adhesive substance”

Variations

• SUKU ✧ QL/086