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==Other versions of the legendarium== | ==Other versions of the legendarium== | ||
In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']] appears the root RUK, signifying "[[demons|demon]]".<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 384</ref> | In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']] appears the root '''RUK''', signifying "[[demons|demon]]".<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 384</ref> | ||
Also in the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']] appears the root '''ÓROK''', rom which derive words signifying "[[goblins|goblin]]":<ref name=LR379>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 379</ref> | |||
*[[Primitive Quendian]]: ''órku'' | |||
**[[Quenya]]: ''orko'' (pl. ''orqi'') | |||
**[[Noldorin]]: ''orch'' (pl ''yrch'', archaic ''yrchy''<ref>{{VT|46a}}, p. 7)</ref> | |||
**[[Nandorin|Danian]]: ''urc'' (pl. ''yrc'') | |||
**[[Doriathrin]]: ''urch'' (pl. ''urchin'') | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 08:34, 3 July 2011
RUKU is an Elvish root signifying "the dreadful shapes ... taken by the servants of Melkor"[1] that haunted the Elves and "the terror that they inspired"[2].
Derivatives[2]
- Primitive Quendian: ruk-, rauk-, uruk-, urk(u), runk-, rukut/s, gruk-, guruk-, ñguruk
- Common Eldarin: rauku, raukō
- Common Eldarin: urku, uruku
- Common Eldarin: urkō, urkā
- Adûnaic: urku, urkhu
- Black Speech: uruk
- Khuzdul: Rukhs
Other versions of the legendarium
In the Etymologies appears the root RUK, signifying "demon".[3]
Also in the Etymologies appears the root ÓROK, rom which derive words signifying "goblin":[4]
- Primitive Quendian: órku
- Quenya: orko (pl. orqi)
- Noldorin: orch (pl yrch, archaic yrchy[5]
- Danian: urc (pl. yrc)
- Doriathrin: urch (pl. urchin)
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Five. Myths Transformed", "[Section] X", p. 416
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: Appendix C. Elvish names for the Orcs", pp. 389-391, 415 (Author's note 28)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 384
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 379
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, p. 7)
