Eldamo : Quenya : haura²

Q. haura² n. “hoard, store; funeral mound” (Category: Treasure)

Q. haura², n. “hoard, store; funeral mound” (Category: Treasure): ᴱQ. föa “hoard, treasure”

A word for a “hoard, store” in the Outline of Phonetic Development (OP2) of the 1950s based on the root √KHAWAD of similar meaning (PE19/91). In Exhilic Quenya it also took on the sense “funeral mound” due to the influence of S. haudh.

References ✧ PE19/91-92

Glosses

“hoard, store; funeral mound” ✧ PE19/91

haura “hoard, store; funeral mound” in exilic Q. with sense “funeral mound” due to influence of S. haudh “funeral mound” ✧ PE19/91

Derivations

< √KHAW¹ “cover up, hide away, lay in store” ✧ PE19/92 (KHAW)
< √KHAWAD “store, hoard” ✧ PE19/91
- < hauza < KHAWAD ✧ PE19/91

Phonetic Developments

√KHAWAD > hauza > haura	[kʰauda] > [xauda] > [xauða] > [hauða] > [haura]	✧ PE19/91
√KHAW > haura	[kʰauda] > [xauda] > [xauða] > [hauða] > [haura]	✧ PE19/92