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N. cuin adj. “alive” (Category: to Live; Living; Life)

N. cuin, adj. “alive” (Category: to Live; Living; Life)
G. cuilog “alive, lively”
G. laug “(of plants) alive, having sap, green, vigorous”

An adjective for “alive” in The Etymologies of the 1930s based on the root ᴹ√KUY “come to life, awake” (Ety/KUY).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s Tolkien had G. cuib “alive” (GL/27) and in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s Tolkien had ᴱN. cuif (cuiv-) “alive” (PE13/141).

Reference ✧ Ety/KUY ✧ “alive”

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ᴹ√KUY > cuin [kujna] > [kuina] > [kuin] ✧ Ety/KUY

ᴱN. cuif (cuiv-) adj. “alive” (Category: to Live; Living; Life)

See N. cuin for discussion.

References ✧ PE13/141

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cuiv- stem ✧ PE13/141

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G. cuib adj. “alive” (Category: to Live; Living; Life)

See N. cuin for discussion.

Reference ✧ GL/27 ✧ “alive”

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