RUKU
RUKU (or RUK) is an Elvish root signifying "the dreadful shapes ... taken by the servants of Melkor" that haunted the Elves and "the terror that they inspired".
Derivatives
- Primitive Quendian: ruk-, rauk-, uruk-, urk(u), runk-, rukut/s, gruk-, guruk-, ñguruk
- — Common Eldarin: rauku, raukō
- — — Quenya: rauko
- — — Sindarin: raug
- — Common Eldarin: urku, uruku
- — — Quenya: urko
- — — Sindarin: urug
- — Common Eldarin: urkō, urkā
- — — Sindarin: Orch
- — Adûnaic: urku, urkhu
- — Black Speech: uruk
- — Khuzdul: Rukhs
Other versions
In the Etymologies appears the root RUK, signifying "demon".
Also in the Etymologies appears the root ÓROK, from which derive words signifying "goblin":
- Primitive Quendian: órku
- — Quenya: orko (pl. orqi)
- — Noldorin: orch (pl yrch, archaic yrchy)
- — Danian: urc (pl. yrc)
- — Doriathrin: urch (pl. urchin)
Referencias
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