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'''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>. | '''RUKU''' (or '''RUK'''<ref>{{VT|39a}}, p. 10</ref>) is an [[Elvish]] [[Sundocarme|root]] signifying "''the dreadful shapes ... taken by the servants of [[Morgoth|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>. | ||
==Derivatives<ref name=AC/>== | ==Derivatives<ref name=AC/>== | ||
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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''', from which derive words signifying "[[ | Also in the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']] appears the root '''ÓROK''', from which derive words signifying "[[Orcs#Orcs and Goblins|goblin]]":<ref name=LR379>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 379</ref> | ||
*[[Primitive Quendian]]: ''órku'' | *[[Primitive Quendian]]: ''órku'' | ||
Latest revision as of 21:12, 14 September 2013
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][edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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
