Eldamo : Middle Quenya : huo

ᴹQ. huo n. “dog” (Category: Dog)

ᴹQ. huo, n. “dog” (Category: Dog): Q. hú “hound (or ?heart)”

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dog” derived from the root ᴹ√KHUG “bark, bay” (Ety/KHUGAN). It is probably one of the better known words for “dog” in Quenya, and was widely used in Helge Fauskanger’s Neo-Quenya New Testament (NQNT).

Reference ✧ Ety/KHUGAN ✧ “dog”

Q. röa “dog” vs. huo “dog”

Element In

ᴺQ. ^huolë “litter (of pups, cubs, etc.)”

Cognates

N. hû “dog” ✧ Ety/KHUGAN

Derivations

< ᴹ√KHUG “bark, bay” ✧ Ety/KHUGAN

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√KHUG > huo

[kʰugo] > [xugo] > [xuɣo] > [xuo] > [huo]

✧ Ety/KHUGAN