Re: weekly vocab

daniel andreasson sikayal:

> > > pattern: kuo
>
> > For some reason that soundshape makes me think of a dog...
> > due to 'Cujo' maybe? Still pretty.
>
> Elliott:
>
> > that's weird, the Silindion word for dog is "koa" with an
> > instrumental "kuo"
>
> Inspiration from Quenya _huo_ 'dog', perhaps? (Well, I know
> that doesn't apply to Silindion. :o))
Or perhaps all of these ultimately derive from Greek kuo:n "dog." Since
Tolkein knew Greek, I'd assume that this is his inspiration.

Yivríndil has _suk_, which is obviously unrelated.


Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu

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