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'''RUKU''' is an [[Elvish]] [[Sundocarme|root]] signifying "''the dreadful shapes ... taken by the | '''RUKU''' is an [[Elvish]] [[Sundocarme|root]] signifying "''the dreadful shapes ... taken by the servants of [[Melkor]]''"<ref>{{MR|Myths|}}, "[Section] X", p. 416</ref> that haunted the [[Elves]] and "''the terror that they inspired''"<ref name=AC>{{WJ|AC}}, pp. 389-391, 415 (Author's note 28)</ref>. | ||
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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]
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
