#cubugs

[iihavenomouth]

here's orbug and cubug full robian designs ... they're an earwig and wasp respectively. they can still compress into Shapes

[cornellentomology]

Check out this article Todd Ugine wrote that was published  in the Environmental Entomology. Todd also took the picture on the cover.https://academic.oup.com/ee/article/47/4/1030/5004647?searchresult=1

[thedwarrowscholar]

Hello! I was wondering, how do you think the dwarvish language handled the introduction of Hobbits? I imagine inventing a new word wasnt an option. Did they combine or reappropriate a preexisting word? Did they already have a word for halfling that they could just use to mean hobbit? Do they just use Hobbit's own name for themselves? Sorry, but I'm just very curious what you think. Thank you, and best wishes!

Well met! 

Though we sadly don’thave an official account of the first meeting between Dwarves and Hobbits we dohave a rough idea at when it would have occurred, but before we go there, let’shave a look at the name “Hobbit” first, so we better understand it.

It is known thatthe word “Hobbit” is a word of Tolkien’s own invention, though later retconnedas one not devised at random.

He states that“Hobbit”, for one thing, is not wholly unlike the actual word use in the Shire, which was „cubuc" (plural “cubugin”). Seeing that“cubuc” was not a word of general use in the Common Speech itrequired an equivalent that though natural enough in an English context did notactually occur in Standard English. Hence, it seems likely to be a localreduction of an early common speech name given to Hobbits (or adopted by themin self-description, when they came into contact with Men.) It appears to be derivedfrom an obsolete “cubug” ‘hole-dweller’, which elsewhere fell out ofuse. (Note that the King of Rohan used the word “cugbagu” ‘hole-dweller’for “cubuc” or ‘Hobbit’).

Using localrenderings of known words was not unknown to Hobbits, for instance, they hadtwisted the Elvish “Baranduin” into a familiar shape “Branduhim” (which meant in their Westron 'foaming beer’) rendered as “Brandywine” (both imitating the Hobbit word Branduhim, and at the same time stand in Modern English as a corruption of Baranduin).

“Brandywine” by Jef Murray 

Now, about thisfirst meeting of Dwarves and Hobbits.

The History ofMiddle Earth states that at about the year 1000 of the Third Age the Periannath(hobbits), of whom there are no earlier accounts among Elves or Men, are first mentionedin ancient tales. These were “a strange small people”, called by Men “Halflings”,but by themselves (later in the west of Eriador) “Hobbits”. They are thought tohave long dwelt in Greenwood the Great or near its western eaves, and in the Valeof the upper Anduin. But at this time they began to move westward over theMisty Mountains into Eriador.  TheHarfoots were the first clan of Hobbits to enter Eriador. Later followed by theFallohides and the Stoors some 150 years later.

So, all of theabove tells us it is extremely likely Dwarves would have met Hobbits sometimeduring the Second Age. Seeing it says Hobbit dwelt long in the western eaves ofGreenwood (later known as Mirkwood). An area very close to the Halls of theDwarves and directly on the trade routes of the Dwarves from the MistyMountains to Erebor and the Iron Hills.

Hobbits comparison by Lidia Postma

Now, let usfinally get to the word used by the dwarves for hobbits, your actual question.Apologies for the lengthy (yet required) detour.

It is known that Dwarveshad used words of other languages to make new ones of their own (though not acommon thing) – an example of that is “Orc” (Khuzdul: “Rukhs” from Quenya “Orco”)– more on that HERE 

Tolkien statesthat for such names Dwarves seem to have had “an affinity to the Elvish names”. The Quenya or Sindarin for Hobbit being “Perian”,which would likely become “Furun” if transformed into Dwarvish.  There are however two issues with this theoryof adopting the Elvish name for Hobbits into Dwarvish.  Firstly, Dwarves likely met Hobbits first(seeing HOME states that Hobbits first appeared in Elvish records many manycenturies later), so there was no Elvish word to begin with at this point intime. Secondly, a linguistic complication, the FRN radicals are already in usein Neo-Khuzdul, used in the name for Tom Bombadil (“Forn”, meaning “ancient” - see adj. “farin”) –which itself is copy of Old Norse. So, “Furun” or anything like that would beout of the question.

Meaning that we likely would need to look for a “self-descriptive”dwarvish name, which “hobbit” in the Common Speech is as well.

For that reason, when I created The Annals of theDwarves (freely available to all via my site HERE), I made thisentry:

6472 Dwarvish Reckoning (S.A132) – It was at this time that some ofthe engineers of Khazad-dûm set out to the East to find other foods that couldbe grown within the mountains. Later that year, the company came upon a groupof little folk that had taken to growing the fertile lands between the MistyMountains and Greenwood the Great. The dwarves, not familiar with the folk,called them “zantulbasn” (“hairyfoot”). It is believed to be the source of thename “Harfoot”, used for the same group of hobbits living in these parts.

Annals of the Dwarves - as available via dwarrowscholar.com/library

Apart from “zantulbasân”, there are several other words in the dictionary for hobbits, the most frequently used is “malkân” (Halflings).

I hope thatanswers your question my friend.

Ever at yourservice,

The DwarrowScholar

[planetorigo]

There are a few bits of information I know about Pokemon Uranium but I can assure you, it’s basically a blind playthrough. I don’t know what most of the Fakemon are like, what they look like, or anything like that. All I know is that some Pokemon, like Dunsparace, have evolutions, what the starter evolutions look like (which wouldn’t have stopped me because I like Orchynx too much it’s a cute grass kitty) but I don’t know the gyms, the stories, or most of the Fakemon.

Since I decided, liveblogging a fan game would be fun, let’s do that with Uranium! It’ll get me to remember to play it as well! So this is my team so far! Not my final team mind you, considering I think it’s too early and Jensen over there is powerful but... not great defensively. Though still! I’ve got some coverage. It’s neat! And I’m still training up all my mons to Lv 12 before taking on the first gym which... I know is normal type but I have no clue what it’ll throw at me. Aika was a Cubug when I caught her and she evolved last night. Jensen’s in process. I was fighting some rich kid (which is why I have that much money) since he was a constant source of EXP and money as he’d keep re-healing his Chyinmuck and I coudl fight him again. But with where Jensen is, I’m going for the Barewl in Passage Cave (...?) for more EXP since he can handle them.

...Oh right and Liron there? He’s a shiny Birbie. I encountered him when I spent some time grinding on Route 1. So another early game shiny just like my Sizzilipede in Sword and my Vileplume back in Y! Fun!

[megangrosdesigns]

Full Persian heart pendants coming to my shop this week! #chainmaille #chainmail #chainmaillejewelry #chainmaillejewellery #chainmailleaddict #heart #heartpendant https://www.instagram.com/p/CUBug-PFDQ3/?utm_medium=tumblr

[cornellentomology]

Entomology's Ann Hajek was recently voted a 2018 Fellow of the Entomological Society of America https://www.entsoc.org/fellows/hajek

[cornellentomology]

The last Jugatae seminar of the year was for our Undergraduate research presentations hosted by John Sanderson, Director of Undergraduate Studies.  We heard seven great talks starting wtih Nana Yaa Britwum (PI Sunny Power), Ann Dunn (PI Jason Dombroskie), Kristianna Lea (PI Cole Gilbert), Danielle Rutkowski (PI Katja Poveda), Colin Sears, Laura Telfer and Alicia Williams (PI Jeff Scott).

 Professor John Losey also presented an award to Entomology sophomore, Jacob Gorneau, for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant of the year.

 Congratulations to all our presenters, graduating seniors and outstanding students.

[cornellentomology]

Check out this article in the NY Times on Gypsy Moths, that is based on the research of Ann Hajek lab. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/science/gypsy-moths-fungus.html

[cornellentomology]

Check out this segment on the NYS Beekeeper Tech Team and Cornell honey bee research. Emma Mullen, Connor Hinsley and Bob Finch are all in the clip: http://www.wbng.com/video?clipId=14483603&autostart=true

[cornellentomology]

Check out Ann Hajeks book that was published in January.https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Ecology+of+Invertebrate+Diseases-p-9781119256076

[cornellentomology]

Catch the "The Buzz About Bees," TODAY June 11, 2018 from 1-2:30 p.m. on the @CornellAlumni livestream as our @cornellento experts discuss the dwindling  populations.

[cornellentomology]

First in Flight: Insects of the Carboniferous

Another Awesome video by Maxwell Helmberger.

[cornellentomology]

Check out the 2nd edition of "Natural Enemies" recently published, written by Ann Hajek.http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/life-sciences/entomology/natural-enemies-introduction-biological-control-2nd-edition?format=PB&isbn=9781107668249#Zv0Qgw38ICjkryU3.97

[cornellentomology]

Check out Patrick O’Grady’s article in the New Flybook Chapter on Drosophila Phylogeny Published.http://www.genetics.org/content/209/1/1

[cornellentomology]

Elson Shields, Tony Testa, Laura McDermott, Lindsey Elizabeth Pashow and Amy Ivy were the winners of the 2018 NACAA communication Award. They won with their feature article from last summers’ NY Fruit Quarterly – Managing strawberry root problems for improved profitability and sustainability on NYS berry farms: Using entomopathogenic nematodes to control strawberry root weevil complex - and it’s now a National Finalist.  http://nyshs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/McDermott-Pages-15-18-from-NYFQ-Book-Summer-2017-3.pdf

[cornellentomology]

Check out this article by Philip Houtz, Alessandro Bonfini, Xi Liu, Jonathan Revah, and Nicolas Buchon on a study in which Philip determined the genetic network that controls a stem cell activating signal in damaged midgut epithelium of fruit flies. Check out the Article here: http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1007091