Q. cuvoitë (cuvoiti-) adj. “hiding, secretive; treacherous” (Category: Hidden, Concealed)
A word translated “hiding, secretive”, appearing in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from in 1969 (PE22/155). Tolkien said it was “used both of hoarding things, and not revealing one’s mind or purposes ... sometimes in a sinister sense ‘treacherous’.”
Reference ✧ PE22/155 ✧ kuvoite “hiding, secretive; treacherous”
Elements
| #cuv- | “to conceal, hide” | ✧ PE22/155 (#kuv-) |
| -itë | “adjectival ending; [with verbs] capable of doing, generally (and naturally) doing” | ✧ PE22/155 (oite) |
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