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S. guru [ng-] n. “death” (Category: to Die; Dead; Death)

S. guru [ng-], n. “death (abstract)” (Category: to Die; Dead; Death)

A Sindarin word for “death” derived from primitive ✶ñgurū (PE17/87), unusual in that its primitive ancient vowel u did not vanish. In The Etymologies of the 1930s Tolkien had variant forms [N.] gûr and gurw “death” marked with a “?”, both derived from Old Noldorin nguru and indicating some uncertainty on the exact phonetic developments (EtyAC/ÑGUR). Elsewhere in The Etymologies Tolkien said that [N.] guru was “Death as state or abstract”, as opposed to [N.] gwanw or gwanath for the “act of dying” (Ety/GWAN).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would assume guru was for death as an abstraction or principle, and for the death of individuals I would use either gurth or gwanu/gwanath; see those entries for discussion.

References ✧ PE17/87

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ngurū > guru [ŋgurū] > [ŋguru] > [guru] > [guru] > [guru] ✧ PE17/87

N. guru [ng-] n. “death (abstract)” (Category: to Die; Dead; Death)

See S. guru for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/ÑGUR, WAN; EtyAC/ÑGUR, WAN

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ON. nguru > ‽gûr/gurw [ŋguru] > [guru] > [guru] > [guru] ✧ Ety/ÑGUR
ᴹ√NGUR > Guru [ŋguru] > [guru] > [guru] > [guru] ✧ Ety/WAN