Eldamo : Quenya : sú

Q. sú n. “sound of wind” (Category: Wind)

Q. sú, n. “sound of wind, [ᴱQ.] noise of wind” (Category: Wind)

An ancient monosyllabic noun for the “sound of wind” appearing in notes from the late 1960s, which survived unchanged from its primitive form into modern Quenya (VT47/12, 35). It was derived from the root √SŪ of similar meaning.

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. sú appeared all the way back in Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s with the glosses “noise of wind” or “(noise) of wind”, but there it was derived from the early root ᴱ√SUHYU “air, breath, exhale, puff” (QL/86; PME/86). There was no mention of Q. sú in the intervening five decades, however.

References ✧ VT47/12, 35

Glosses

“sound of wind” ✧ VT47/12

Variations

sú ✧ VT47/12
sū ✧ VT47/35

Cognates

ᴺS. sû “noise of wind”

Derivations

< √SŪ “blow, move with audible sound (of air)”
< ✶sū “wind” ✧ VT47/12; VT47/35
- < √SŪ “blow, move with audible sound (of air)”

Phonetic Developments

✶sū > sú	[sū]	✧ VT47/12
✶sū > sū	[sū]	✧ VT47/35

ᴱQ. sú n. “(noise of) wind” (Category: Wind)

See Q. sú for discussion.

References ✧ LT1A/Súlimo; PME/86; QL/86

Glosses

“(noise of) wind” ✧ PME/86
“noise of wind” ✧ LT1A/Súlimo (sû); QL/86 (sū)

Variations

sú ✧ PME/86
sû ✧ LT1A/Súlimo
sū ✧ QL/86

†sūye “air, breezes, winds” same sū “noise of wind” ✧ QL/86

Cognates

G. sû “noise of wind” ✧ LT1A/Súlimo

Derivations

< ᴱ√SUHYU “air, breath, exhale, puff” ✧ LT1A/Súlimo (SUHU); QL/86 (SUHU)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√SUHU > sū

[sux] > [suɣ] > [sū]

✧ QL/86