An adjective for “wooden” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the root ᴱ√TUŘU [TUÐU], also with a variant form turuksa (QL/96). It also appeared in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/139).
Early Quenya
turu
noun. wood (as material), (orig.) firewood
Cognates
- G. duru “wood; pole, beam, log” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë
Derivations
- ᴱ√TUÐU “kindle” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/096
Element in
- Eq. Turuhalme “Logdrawing” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë
- Q. Turuphanto “Wooden-whale”
- Eq. turúva “wooden” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë; QL/096
- Eq. turuvoite “rich in timber” ✧ QL/096
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TUŘU > turu [tuðū] > [tuðu] > [tuzu] > [turu] ✧ QL/096 Variations
- turu- ✧ PE16/139 (
turu-)
turuksa
adjective. wooden
turúva
adjective. wooden
Cognates
- G. durog “wooden” ✧ LT1A/Turuhalmë
Variations
- turūva ✧ QL/096; QL/096
- turuksa ✧ QL/096
aldare
noun. wood
A word glossed “wood” in the margins of Tolkien’s notes on The Creatures of the Earth from the 1910s, clearly an elaboration ᴱQ. alda “tree” as suggested by Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson (PE14/7).
Derivations
- ᴱ√ALA “spread‽”
Elements
Word Gloss alda “tree, branch” -re “noun suffix”
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as ᴱQ. turu and described as “properly = firewood — but used of wood in general as a material”, a derivative from the root ᴱ√TUŘU [TUÐU] (QL/96). It also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “wood (material)” (PME/96) and appeared again as turu “wood” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/139). It appeared once more many years later as an element in the name Turuphanto “Wooden-whale” (UT/191), and so may remain viable in Tolkien’s later conception of the language.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I think it is preferable to use the word Q. töa for “wood (material)”.