Eldamo : Middle Quenya : neuma

ᴹQ. neuma n. “snare” (Category: to Overtake)

ᴹQ. neuma, n. “snare, *noose” (Category: to Overtake): ᴱQ. lac “snare”

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “snare” under the root ᴹ√SNEW “entangle” (Ety/SNEW).

Neo-Quenya: Its Noldorin cognate was also glossed “noose”, so that meaning might apply to neuma as well; this would help distinguish it from later remma “snare” which had more to do with nets.

Reference ✧ Ety/SNEW ✧ “snare”

neuma “snare” vs. Q. remma “snare”

Cognates

N. hniof “noose, snare” ✧ Ety/SNEW (nû); Ety/SNEW (hniof/hnuif)
ON. sniuma “noose, snare” ✧ Ety/SNEW (nūma); Ety/SNEW (sniuma/snȳma)

Derivations

< ᴹ√SNEW “entangle” ✧ Ety/SNEW

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√SNEW > neuma

[sneuma] > [n̥euma] > [neuma]

✧ Ety/SNEW