Early Primitive Elvish
turu
root. am strong
Derivatives
- G. Tuor ✧ LT1A/Tuor
- Eq. tur “king” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; QL/095
- Eq. turu- “can, to be able” ✧ QL/095
- Eq. turka “strong”
- Eq. túre “might, strength, power” ✧ QL/095
- Eq.
turqima“haughty” ✧ QL/095- Eq. turwa “powerful” ✧ QL/095
- G. drum “stout, firm, strong”
- G. taur “ability, power”
- G. tûr “king” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi
- G. trug “easy to handle; convenient, tractable, docile” ✧ GL/71
- G. turinthi “princess” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi
- G. turm “authority, rule; strength” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi
- G. tur- “can, to have power to” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi
- G. turwin “queen” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi
Element in
Variations
- turu· ✧ GL/71 (turu·)
tuřu
root. TUŘU
tuðu
root. kindle
Derivatives
- Eq. tunda- “to kindle” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/096
- Eq. tundo “firewood, fuel” ✧ QL/096
- Eq. turu “wood (as material), (orig.) firewood” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/096
- Eq. turya- “to catch fire” ✧ QL/096
- Eq. tusture “tinder, chips, firewood” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/096
- En. dron “wood”
- G. drui “wood, forest”
- G. duru “wood; pole, beam, log” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë
- G. tuth “tinder” ✧ GL/72
- G. tund “log for the fire” ✧ GL/72
- G. tusta- “to inflame, kindle, set light to, burn (tr.)” ✧ GL/72
- G. tusc “inflammable; touchy, irritable; explosive” ✧ GL/72
Element in
- Eq. tustima “inflammable” ✧ QL/096
Variations
- tudh- ✧ GL/72
- TURU ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë
- TUSO ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/096
- TUŘU ✧ QL/096
- TUSU ✧ QL/096
- TUR̂U ✧ QL/096
The root ᴱ√TUŘU “kindle” [TUÐU] appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variant forms ᴱ√TUSO and ᴱ√TUSU as well as derivatives like ᴱQ. tunda- “kindle”, ᴱQ. turu “wood, properly firewood”, and ᴱQ. tusturin “match” (QL/96). The contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon had a similar primitive form tudh- with derivatives like G. tund “log for the fire”, G. tusta- “inflame, kindle, set light to, burn”, and G. tuthli “match” (GL/72). However, the Gnomish Lexicon also had words like G. drui “wood, forest” and G. duru “wood; a pole, beam, or log” (GL/31). Since initial d- > t- in Early Qenya, it seems likely that ᴱ√TUŘU “kindle” may also represent a blending with an unattested root ✱ᴱ√DURU “wood”.
Many years later Tolkien gave a hypothetical root √TUD in contrasted to √TUL to illustrate certain principles of etymological variations (VT48/25). It is not clear whether this √TUD is related to earlier ᴱ√TUÐU “kindle”. Nevertheless, I think it is worth positing a Neo-Root ᴺ√TUD “firewood, kindling” to salvage Early Qenya and Gnomish words of similar meaning.