N. iau¹ n. “corn” (Category: Grain (generic, British Corn))
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “corn” derived from the root ᴹ√YAB “fruit” (Ety/YAB). It had the rather unusual plural form iui, which seems to be the result of au becoming ui via i-intrusion in Noldorin of the 1930s and 40s (PE22/40): yābī > ı̯auvi > ı̯uiw(i) > iui. In Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s the result was instead oe, so the Sindarin plural of this word would likely be *ioew. As for the gloss “corn”, it was probably intended to have its British meaning as a general term for any cereal crop like wheat or oats.
References ✧ Ety/YAB; EtyAC/YAB
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| iui | plural | ✧ EtyAC/YAB |
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| ᴹ√YAB > iau | [jābe] > [jǭbe] > [joube] > [jouve] > [jauve] > [jauv] > [jau] | ✧ Ety/YAB |
| ᴹ√YAB > iui | [jābi] > [jǭbi] > [joubi] > [jouvi] > [jauvi] > [juiv] > [jui] | ✧ EtyAC/YAB |