Noldorin
tû
noun. muscle, sinew, vigour, physical strength
tû
noun. muscle, sinew; vigour, physical strength
Cognates
- ᴹQ. tuo “muscle, sinew; vigour, physical strength” ✧ Ety/TUG
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. tūgo > tû [tūgo] > [tūɣo] > [tūɣ] > [tū] ✧ Ety/TUG
nith
?. [unglossed]
Derivations
- On. nitse ✧ PE22/037
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. nitse > nĭth [nitse] > [niθθe] > [niθθ] > [niθ] ✧ PE22/037 Variations
- nĭth ✧ PE22/037
borth
?. [unglossed]
Derivations
- ᴹ√BOR(ON) “endure” ✧ Ety/BOR
Element in
- N. Borthandos “*Steadfast-intelligence” ✧ Ety/BOR
Variations
- Borth ✧ Ety/BOR
mauth
?. [unglossed]
níth
?. [unglossed]
Derivations
- On. nikthe ✧ PE22/037
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. nikthe > níth [niktʰe] > [nixθe] > [nīθe] > [nīθ] ✧ PE22/037
telwen
?. [unglossed]
Element in
- N. diragath·telwen porannin nithrad ✧ RS/451
nithrad
?. [unglossed]
Element in
- N. diragath·telwen porannin nithrad ✧ RS/451
clei
?. [unglossed]
coen
?. [unglossed]
diragas
?. [unglossed]
Element in
- N. annon porennin diragas·venwed ✧ RS/451
- N. diragath·telwen porannin nithrad ✧ RS/451
Variations
- diragath ✧ RS/451
menwed
?. [unglossed]
Element in
- N. annon porennin diragas·venwed ✧ RS/451
porennin
?. [unglossed]
Element in
- N. annon porennin diragas·venwed ✧ RS/451
- N. diragath·telwen porannin nithrad ✧ RS/451
Variations
- porannin ✧ RS/451
bellas
noun. bodily strength
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “muscle, sinew; vigour, physical strength” derived from primitive ᴹ✶tūgu under the root ᴹ√TUG (Ety/TUG). This root also had an adjective N. tong “taut, tight; resonant (of strings)”, clearly referring to the use of sinew in making stringed instruments. Thus I think tû likely refers mainly to “muscle, sinew”, and only metaphorically to “vigour, physical strength”, as in: i-Edhel han sâv dû “that Elf has muscle (tû) = has physical strength”.
Conceptual Development: Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s had ᴱN. núr “muscle” from primitive ᴱ✶snóra (PE13/151).