SAWA
From Tolkien Gateway
SAWA is a Primitive Quendian root signifying "disgusting, foul, vile",[1] or "bad, unhealthy, ill, wretched".[2]
Derivatives
- Quenya: saura ("foul, vile"); sau- (prefix found in saucare "doing or making things very badly"); söa ("filth")[1]
- Sindarin: saur[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 183 (form appearing as "√SAWA-"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 172 (form appearing as "√SAWA"
