N. côl n. “gold (metal)” (Category: Gold)
A word appearing in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a derivative of ᴹ√KUL “gold (metal)” (Ety/KUL). Tolkien updated this entry to change the root’s gloss to “golden-red”, after which its Noldorin derivative became N. coll “red”, while elsewhere in The Etymologies the word for “gold (as metal)” became N. malt (Ety/SMAL).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. †culu used poetically for “gold”, cognate to ᴱQ. kulu “gold” (GL/27) and thus derived from the same early root ᴱ√KULU (QL/49). G. culu was also given as an example noun for declensions in the contemporaneous Gnomish Grammar (PE11/14).
Reference ✧ Ety/KUL ✧ “gold (metal)”
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| ᴹ√KUL > côl | [kul] > [kol] > [kōl] | ✧ Ety/KUL |
G. †culu n. “gold” (Category: Gold)
References ✧ GG/14; GL/26-27, 38; LT1A/Ilsaluntë, Kulullin; LT2A/Glingol; PE15/22
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| culor | dative; declension-C | ✧ GG/14 |
| culwi | dative; declension-C | ✧ GG/14 |
| culuthir | dative plural; declension-C | ✧ GG/14 |
| culwir | dative plural; declension-C | ✧ GG/14 |
| culon | genitive; declension-C | ✧ GG/14 |
| culu | genitive; declension-C | ✧ GG/14 |
| culuthon | genitive plural; declension-C | ✧ GG/14 |
| culwion | genitive plural; declension-C | ✧ GG/14 |
| culoth | plural; declension-C | ✧ GG/14 |
| culuth | plural; declension-C | ✧ GG/14 |
| culwin | plural; declension-C | ✧ GG/14 |
| -gol | suffix | ✧ LT2A/Glingol; PE15/22 |
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| ᴱ√KULU > culu | [kulū] > [kulu] | ✧ LT1A/Kulullin |