RUKU (or RUK[1]) is an Elvish root signifying "the dreadful shapes ... taken by the servants of Melkor"[2] that haunted the Elves and "the terror that they inspired".[3]
Derivatives[3]
- 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
In the Etymologies appears the root RUK, signifying "demon".[4]
Also in the Etymologies appears the root ÓROK, from which derive words signifying "goblin":[5]
- Primitive Quendian: órku
- Quenya: orko (pl. orqi)
- Noldorin: orch (pl yrch, archaic yrchy[6])
- Danian: urc (pl. yrc)
- Doriathrin: urch (pl. urchin)
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "From Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 39, July 1998, p. 10
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Five. Myths Transformed", "[Section] X", p. 416
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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