ᴹQ. lú n. “a time, occasion” (Category: Time (period))
A word for “a time, occasion” in The Etymologies of the 1930s based on the root ᴹ√LU having to do with time (Ety/LU).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. lú “24hrs, day” under the early root ᴱ√LUHU (QL/56). In the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa this word was glossed “24hrs” (PME/56). In Tolkien’s later writings, a 24 hour day was ré which was measured from sunset to sunset (LotR/1107).
Reference ✧ Ety/LU ✧ “a time, occasion”
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| ᴹ√LU > lú | [lū] | ✧ Ety/LU |