au- (1) a verbal prefix "off, *away", as in auciri("k") "cut off" (so as to get rid of or lose a portion); contrast hóciri (WJ:366, 368). Compare au as a variant of the stem awa “away from” (VT49:24) and the adverb au (see #2 below).
au (2) adv. “away”, of position rather than movement (compare oa). –PE17:148
au- (3) privative prefix, = "without" (AWA)
aulë (1) noun "invention" (GAWA/GOWO); evidently connected to or associated with Aulë, name of the Vala of craft (GAWA/GOWO, TAN), spouse of Yavanna; the name is adopted and adapted from Valarin (WJ:399)
aulë (2) adj. "shaggy" (LT1:249; this "Qenya" word may have been obsoleted by # 1 above)
Aulendil masc. name *"Friend of Aulë" (UT:210)
Aulendur masc. name "Servant of Aulë", applied especially to those persons, or families, among the Noldor who actually entered Aulë's service and in return received instruction from him (PM:366)
