Eldamo : Early Quenya : kauko

ᴱQ. kauko (kauku-) n. “humpback” (Category: Lame)

⚠️ᴱQ. cauco (caucu-), n. “humpback” (Category: Lame)

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a humpback” from the early root ᴱ√KAẆA (QL/45), cognate to G. caug of the same meaning (QL/45).

References ✧ GL/25; LT1A/Kaukaeldar; QL/45

Glosses

“humpback” ✧ LT1A/Kaukaeldar; QL/45

Variations

kauko ✧ GL/25; LT1A/Kaukaeldar; QL/45

Inflections

kauku-

stem

✧ QL/45

Cognates

G. caug¹ “humpback” ✧ GL/25

Derivations

< ᴱ√KAẆA “stoop” ✧ GL/25 (kava-); LT1A/Kaukaeldar (KAWA); QL/45

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√KAẆA > kauko

[kaɣʷku] > [kaɣʷko] > [kawko] > [kauko]

✧ QL/45