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NGWAW is an Elvish root signifying "howl".^[1]

Derivatives

Quenya: nauro ("werewolves")^[1]; naule (wolf-howl")^[2]
Sindarin: gaur ("werewolf")^[1]; gaul ("wolf-howl"); gaw- ("howl"); gawad ("howling")^[2]

Other versions of the legendarium

In the Etymologies appears the root ÑGAW, signifying "howl".^[2]

See also

ÑGAW

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Quenya Phonology", in Parma Eldalamberon XIX (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 106-107
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 377)

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