ᴱQ. Kaukaeldar coll. “False-fairies”
False Elves created by Morgoth in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/239), a combination of kauka “crooked” and the plural of Elda “Elf”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Kaukaeldar).
References ✧ LT1/239, 245; LT1A/Kaukaeldar; LT1I
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Elements
| kauka | “crooked, bent, bowed, humped” | ✧ LT1A/Kaukaeldar | |
| Elda | “Elf; beach-fay” | plural |