Eldamo : Quenya : lócë¹

Q. lócë¹ n. “bight, bend, curl of hair” (Category: Hair (other))

Q. lócë¹, n. “bight, bend, curl of hair” (Category: Hair (other)): ᴺQ. !locco “ringlet”

A word for “bight, bend, curl of hair” in 1964 notes on Dalath Dirnen (DD), a derivative √LOK “bend” that was elsewhere the basis for “snake” words (PE17/160). According to Christopher Gilson, the gloss “curl of hair” might instead apply to the root.

Reference ✧ PE17/160 ✧ lóke “bight, bend, curl of hair”

Cognates

ᴺS. ^lûg “bend, loop, wind, twist; guile, deceit”

Derivations

< √LOK “bend, loop” ✧ PE17/160

Phonetic Developments

√LOK > lóke

[lōke]

✧ PE17/160