Eldamo : Noldorin : cuin

N. cuin adj. “alive” (Category: to Live; Living; Life)

N. cuin, adj. “alive” (Category: to Live; Living; Life): G. cuilog “alive, lively”; G. laug “(of plants) alive, having sap, green, vigorous”

An adjective for “alive” in The Etymologies of the 1930s based on the root ᴹ√KUY “come to life, awake” (Ety/KUY).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s Tolkien had G. cuib “alive” (GL/27) and in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s Tolkien had ᴱN. cuif (cuiv-) “alive” (PE13/141).

Reference ✧ Ety/KUY ✧ “alive”

Element In

ᴺS. ^cuinas “vitality, liveliness”

Cognates

ᴹQ. kuina “alive” ✧ Ety/KUY

Derivations

< ᴹ√KUY “come to life, awake” ✧ Ety/KUY

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√KUY > cuin

[kujna] > [kuina] > [kuin]

✧ Ety/KUY

ᴱN. cuif (cuiv-) adj. “alive” (Category: to Live; Living; Life)

See N. cuin for discussion.

References ✧ PE13/141

Glosses

“alive” ✧ PE13/141

Variations

cuif ✧ PE13/141

Inflections

cuiv-

stem

✧ PE13/141

Derivations

< ᴱ√KOẎO “have life”

G. cuib adj. “alive” (Category: to Live; Living; Life)

See N. cuin for discussion.

Reference ✧ GL/27 ✧ “alive”

Element In

G. cuibri “vitality” ✧ GL/27

Derivations

< ᴱ√KOẎO “have life”