N. cuil n. “life” (Category: to Live; Living; Life)
A noun for “life” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KUY “come to life, awake” (Ety/KUY).
Conceptual Development: This word dates back to the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, where Tolkien clarified that G. cuil “life” was “usually [the] quality of being alive, but [was] also used = lifetime” (GL/27). ᴱN. cuil “life” also appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/141).
Reference ✧ Ety/KUY ✧ “life”
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| ᴹ√KUY > cuil | [kujle] > [kuile] > [kuil] | ✧ Ety/KUY |
ᴱN. cuil n. “life” (Category: to Live; Living; Life)
References ✧ PE13/141, 155-156
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| #chuil | nasal-mutation; c-mutation | “life” | ✧ PE13/155 |
| #guil | soft-mutation; c-mutation | “life” | ✧ PE13/156 |
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G. cuil n. “life, lifetime” (Category: to Live; Living; Life)
References ✧ GL/27; LT1A/Koivië-néni
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| ᴱ√KOYO > cuil | [koile] > [koil] > [kuil] | ✧ LT1A/Koivië-néni |