S. othui num. ord. “seventh” (Category: Ordinal Number)
A word for “seventh” appearing in notes on numbers associated with The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from the late 1960s, derived from primitive ✶otsōyā and with a longer variant odothui (VT42/25). Earlier drafts of The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor also had othui (VT42/10). Rough notes from around this period had ochui “*seventh” (VT47/41-42 note #72), perhaps derived from *otkōya as suggested by Patrick Wynne.
Conceptual Development: Lord of the Rings drafts of the 1940s had N. {Odotheg >>} Odothui “Seventh” as an alternate name for the river Gwathlo (TI/312).
References ✧ VT42/10, 25; VT47/42
Glosses
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| odog | “seven” | ✧ VT42/25 |
| -ui | “-ful, having quality, adjective suffix; [as verbal suffix] possibility, suitability, *-able” | ✧ VT42/10; VT42/25 |
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Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ✶otsōyā > othui | [otsōjā] > [otsōja] > [oθθōja] > [oθθōia] > [oθθuia] > [oθθui] > [oθui] | ✧ VT42/25 |
N. Odothui loc. “Seventh”
References ✧ TI/312; TII; WR/437; WRI
Glosses
Elements
| odog | “seven” |
| #-ui | “adjective suffix” |
N. Odotheg loc. “Seventh”
References ✧ TI/312; TII/Odothui; WR/437; WRI/Odothui
Glosses
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Elements
| odog | “seven” |
| -eg² | “suffix for ordinal numbers” |