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KHAW¹ root. “cover up, hide away, lay in store”

KHAW¹ root. “[ᴹ√] rest, lie at ease; ⚠️[√] cover up, hide away, lay in store”

The early existence of this root was indicated in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as (unglossed) ᴱ✶haw- where it was the basis of words like G. hau- “to lie” and G. haus “bed” (GL/48). It reappeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as ᴹ√KHAW “rest, lie at ease”, this time with both Quenya and Noldorin derivatives such as ᴹQ. hauta- “cease, take a rest, stop” and N. haust “bed” (Ety/KHAW). In The Etymologies Tolkien also said this root influenced the meaning of N. hauð “mound” so that it came to mean “grave, tomb” as well (Ety/KHAG, KHAW).

The root reappeared again in revisions made to the Outline of Phonology (OP2) around 1959 with a new gloss “cover up, hide away, lay in store”, along with an extended root √KHAWAD “store, hoard” that continued to influence S. haudh “(funeral) mound” (PE19/91). The root √KHAW² >> √KHAWA also appeared in a page of roots having to do with “large and small” probably from around 1968 (VT47/26 note #26), with the derivatives Q. höa “big, large” and Q. haura “huge” (PE17/115).

Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I think the 1930s meaning “rest, lie at ease” is probably most useful, and I would limit the meaning “lay in store” to its extended root √KHAWAD. As for the meaning “big”, I would limit it to (Quenya-only) Q. höa.

References ✧ PE19/91-92

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ᴹ√KHAW root. “rest, lie at ease”

See √KHAW¹ for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/KHAW

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#ᴱ√HAWA root.

See √KHAW¹ for discussion.

Reference ✧ GL/48 ✧ #haw-

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