N. lhû n. “time, occasion” (Category: Time (period))
The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. lhû “a time, occasion” under the root ᴹ√LU that was the basis for time words (Ety/LU).
Conceptual Development: Early Noldorin word-lists of the 1920s has ᴱN. lhú but without translation (PE13/149). The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s has G. lu “occasion, time” as well as G. lûm “time” (GL/55), both likely based on the early root ᴱ√LUHU (GL/55).
Neo-Sindarin: Many Neo-Sindarin writers adapt this word as ᴺS. lû as suggested in Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary (HSD), since the unvoicing of initial l did not occur in Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s. I would use the word lû for both “time” in the abstract and “a [moment in] time = occasion”.
References ✧ Ety/LU; EtyAC/LOƷ
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| ᴹ√LU > lhû | [lū] > [l̥ū] | ✧ Ety/LU |
G. lu n. “occasion, time” (Category: Time (period))
References ✧ GL/55; LT1A/Lúmin
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G. lûm n. “time” (Category: Time (period))
References ✧ GL/55; LT1A/Lúmin
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