thaur (detestable, abhorrent, abominable), pl. thoer. Note: a homophone means ”fenced”.
Quenya
saura
foul, evil-smelling, putrid
Sindarin
thaur
foul
thaur
foul
(detestable, abhorrent, abominable), pl. thoer. Note: a homophone means ”fenced”.
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Qenya
saura
adjective. foul, evil-smelling, putrid
Cognates
- N. thaw “corrupt, rotten” ✧ Ety/THUS
Derivations
Element in
- ᴹQ. saurikumba “*foul-bellied” ✧ SD/068
- ᴹQ. Sauron ✧ Ety/THUS
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶thausā > saura [tʰausā] > [θausā] > [θauzā] > [θauza] > [sauza] > [saura] ✧ Ety/THUS
Middle Primitive Elvish
thausā
adjective. foul, evil-smelling, putrid
Derivations
- ᴹ√THUS “*smell, stench” ✧ Ety/THUS
Derivatives
saura (þ) adj. "foul, evil-smelling, putrid" (THUS), "foul, vile" (PE17:183). This adjective underlies the name Sauro, Sauron (q.v.) Alternatively explained to mean "cruel" (PE17:184); a deleted gloss defined the word as "bad, unhealthy, ill, wretched" (PE17:172). Tolkien did not consistently hold that the initial s represents older þ; sometimes he derived saura (and so implicitly Sauron) from stems with original s-.