UK
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UK is a Primitive Quendian root signifying "nasty".[1] Patrick H. Wynne notes that the root is "apparently an onomatopoeic stem" and that it is "probably related to the root UG 'dislike' (whence Q. úra 'nasty')".[2]
In Eldarin Roots and Stems appear the roots "? UK, UKLA" (without any given significations, except for being one of the opposites of AYA).[3] It has been suggested that "the queried stem uk in this note is perhaps the same as later UK 'nasty'".[4][note 1]
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- ↑ Note that the two different transcriptions have been rendered from the reading of the same manuscript: "? uk: ukla" in Vinyar Tengwar 49 and "? UK, UKLA" in Parma Eldalamberon XVII. Perhaps the latter was editorially changed to the standardized form given to roots.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part Two: III. Variation D/L in Common Eldarin" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 48, December 2005, p. 25
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part Two" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 48, December 2005, p. 32 (note 15, "Editor's Notes")
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 149, 188
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part Three" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 49, June 2007, p. 14