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Q. urus (urust-) n. “copper” (Category: Copper, Bronze)

Q. urus (urust-), n. “copper” (Category: Copper, Bronze): √URUN “copper”

A noun for “copper” in notes from the late 1960s based on the root √(u)rus (VT41/10).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. tambe “copper, bronze” under the early root ᴱ√TAMA “beat; smelt, forge” in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/88).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would retain ᴺQ. tambë with the meaning of “bronze”, but would use the later word urus for “copper”.

References ✧ VT41/10

Glosses

“copper” ✧ VT41/10

Variations

urus ✧ VT41/10

ᴺQ. tambë “bronze, ⚠️copper” vs. urus “copper”

Inflections

urust-

stem

✧ VT41/10

Element In

ᴺQ. !urusta “of copper”
ᴺQ. !urustan “copper-smith”
Q. calarus “polished copper” ✧ VT41/10 (calarus(t-))
Q. lairus “verdigris” ✧ VT41/10 (lairus(t))

Cognates

S. rust “copper” ✧ VT41/10
T. urus “copper” ✧ VT41/10

Derivations

< √RUS “brownish red” ✧ VT41/10 ((u)rus)

Phonetic Developments

√(u)rus > urus

[urusto] > [urust] > [urus]

✧ VT41/10