Eldamo : Quenya : loico

Q. loico n. “corpse, dead body” (Category: Corpse, Body)

Q. loico, n. “corpse, dead body” (Category: Corpse, Body)

A word for “corpse, dead body” in the 1960s version of the Markirya poem (MC/223). It may be related to noirë “tomb” via an unattested root (N)DOY as suggested by David Salo in a post on the Elfling mailing list in 2012.

Conceptual Development: In the version of the poem from around 1930, Tolkien used the word ᴱQ. kaivo “corpse” (MC/214, 221), probably based on the early root ᴱ√KAYA “lie, rest; dwell” (QL/46).

Reference ✧ MC/223 ✧ loiko “corpse, dead body”

loico “corpse, dead body” vs. ᴹQ. qelet “corpse”

Element In

Q. loicolícuma “corpse-candle” ✧ MC/222 (loikolíkuma)

ᴱQ. kaivo n. “corpse” (Category: Corpse, Body)

See Q. loico for discussion.

References ✧ MC/214, 221; PE16/62, 72, 74-75, 77, 79

Glosses

“corpse” ✧ MC/214; MC/221; PE16/75

Variations

kaivo ✧ MC/214; MC/221; PE16/74; PE16/75; PE16/79 (kaivo)

Changes

kaivo >> kaivon ✧ PE16/79

Inflections

kaivon	nominative		✧ PE16/77
kauvon	nominative	“corpse”	✧ PE16/62
käyvon	nominative		✧ PE16/72

Element In

ᴱQ. kaivo i sapsanta “as a corpse into the grave” ✧ MC/221; PE16/62; PE16/72; PE16/74
ᴱQ. kaivon nyúken i·sapsanta silmerána númetár “*the gleaming-moon goes down like a corpse into the grave” ✧ PE16/77
ᴱQ. ve kaivo-kalma “a corpse-candle” ✧ MC/214

Derivations

< ᴱ√KAYA “lie, rest; dwell”