Q. nauca adj. “stunted, shortened, dwarf(ed)” (Category: Short)
An adjective for “stunted, shortened, dwarf(ed)” derived from the root √NUK of similar meaning, that was “especially applied to things that though in themselves full-grown were smaller or shorter than their kind, and were hard, twisted or ill-shapen” (PE17/45; VT39/7; WJ/413). It was the basis for the (somewhat insulting) word nauco for “dwarf” (PE17/45; WJ/388).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. kauka “crooked, bent, bowed, humped” under the early root ᴱ√KAẆA “stoop” (QL/45), a word that was also mentioned in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon as the cognate to G. caug “humped, bulging; bent” (GL/25).
References ✧ PE17/45; VT39/7; WJ/413
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Inflections
| naukar | plural | ✧ PE17/45: pl. (as a noun) |
Element In
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Phonetic Developments
| ✶naukā > nauka | [naukā] > [nauka] | ✧ PE17/45 |
| √NUKU > nauka | [nauka] | ✧ VT39/7 |
ᴱQ. kauka adj. “crooked, bent, bowed, humped” (Category: Crooked)
References ✧ GL/25; LT1A/Kaukaeldar; QL/45
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Element In
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Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√kava- > kauka | [kaβkā] > [kaβka] > [kauka] | ✧ GL/25 |
| ᴱ√KAẆA > kauka | [kaɣʷkā] > [kaɣʷka] > [kawka] > [kauka] | ✧ QL/45 |