Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : FUKU

?ᴱ√FUKU root. “*smoke, smoulder”

⚠️?ᴱ√FUKU root. “*smoke, smoulder”: √USUK “*reek, smoke; ⚠️dusk, evening”

A hypothetical early root to explain Gnomish words such as G. fug- “smoulder” and G. func “smoke” (GL/35). In Noldorin of the 1930s, it seems this root was replaced by ᴹ√USUK of similar meaning.

?FUKU “*smoke, smoulder” versus RUKU “smoke, reek”
FOLO “*smoke, reek”

Derivatives

> G. faug² “wood smoke”
⇒ G. fuctha- “to smoke (over a wood fire)”
> G. fug- “to smoulder”
- ⇒ G. fugla- “to smoke (a pipe)” ✧ GL/36
- ⇒ G. fuglas “tobacco, *(lit.) smoke leaf” ✧ GL/36
  - ⇒ G. fuglathrod “pipe” ✧ GL/36
- ⇒ G. fugri “smother (of smoke)” ✧ GL/36
> G. func “smoke”