Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : KUY

√KUY root. “awake; live”

A root Tolkien used in the 1930s through 1960s, sometimes meaning both “live” and “awake” and sometimes just “awake”.

See √KOY for further discussion.

References ✧ NM/274; PE22/136, 156

Glosses

Variations

Derivatives

⇒ ᴺQ. !cuilórë “day-dream, (lit.) awake-dream”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !cuilórëa “absent-minded, (lit.) day-dreamy”
> ᴺQ. !cuina- “to live, be alive”
⇒ ᴺQ. !cuingolmë “biology”
> ᴺQ. !cuiru- “to stir (to wakefullness)”
> ᴺQ. !cuiva “awake”
> ᴺQ. !cuiva- “to awake”
> ᴺS. ^cui(w) “awake, alert, ⚠️alive”
⇒ ᴺS. !echuia- “to awaken, wake up (intr.)”
> ✶etkuinu- “to awake, wake up” ✧ PE22/136
- > ᴺQ. !eccuinu- “to awake, wake up”
> ✶kuitā- “to waken, rouse” ✧ PE22/136
- > ᴺQ. cuita- “to waken, rouse; ⚠️to live”
  - ⇒ ᴺQ. !cuitar “alarm, device to waken somebody”
- ⇒ ᴺS. !echuida- “to wake up (trans.), waken, rouse”
> Q. #cuima “creature, animal”
- ⇒ 4 compounds
> Q. cuita- “to live” ✧ PE22/156
> Q. #cuiva “animal” ✧ NM/274
⇒ Q. cuivië¹ “awakening”
- ⇒ Q. Cuiviénen “Water of Awakening” ✧ SA/cuivië
- ⇒ Q. Cuivienyarna “Legend of the Awakening [of the Quendi]” ✧ WJ/420
> S. echui “awakening”
- ⇒ 4 compounds

ᴹ√KUY root. “come to life, awake”

See √KOY for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/KUY, PHIR

Glosses

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶et-kuiwē “awakening” ✧ Ety/KUY
- > N. echui(w) “awakening” ✧ Ety/KUY
  - ⇒ N. echuir “early Spring, (lit.) stirring”
  - ⇒ N. Nen Echui “Water of Awakening” ✧ Ety/KUY
> ᴹQ. kuile “life, being alive” ✧ Ety/KUY
> ᴹQ. kuina “alive” ✧ Ety/KUY
> ᴹQ. kuivie “awakening” ✧ Ety/KUY
- ⇒ 5 compounds
> N. cuia- “to live”
> N. cuil “life” ✧ Ety/KUY
- ⇒ ᴺS. ^cuileb “lively, ⚠️alive”
- ⇒ ᴺS. cuilvorn “lifetime”
> N. cuin “alive” ✧ Ety/KUY
- ⇒ ᴺS. ^cuinas “vitality, liveliness”
> N. cuina- “to be alive” ✧ Ety/KUY
- ⇒ N. Dor Firn i Guinar “Land of the Dead that Live” ✧ Ety/KUY
- ⇒ N. Gwerth-i-Cuina “(Land of) the Dead that Live”
- ⇒ N. Gyrth-i-Guinar “Dead that Live”
⇒ N. Dor Firn i Guinar “Land of the Dead that Live” ✧ Ety/PHIR

ᴱ√QIVI root. “*awake”

See √KOY for discussion.

References ✧ GL/28-29

Variations

QIV there is confusion between or perhaps original connection [with] KOI̯-VI ✧ GL/29
QIV there is confusion between or perhaps original connection [with] QIP ✧ GL/29

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. qíva “awake” ✧ GL/29
- ⇒ ᴱQ. qívie “awakening” ✧ GL/29
> G. cwim “awake, alert, alive” ✧ GL/28
- ⇒ G. cwim(ri) “body, flesh” ✧ GL/28
> G. cwiv- “to be awake” ✧ GL/29
- ⇒ G. cwivra- “to awaken (intr.)” ✧ GL/29
  - ⇒ G. cwivros “awakening” ✧ GL/29; LT1A/Koivië-néni
    - ⇒ G. Nenin a Gwivros “Waters of Awakening” ✧ GL/29; LT1A/Koivië-néni