cevn

adjective. of earth, earthen

A Noldorin adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “of earth, earthen” and given as a derivative of the root ᴹ√KEM (Ety/KEM). Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary suggested an alternate (Neo) Sindarin spelling cefn (HSD/cefn) which is more than in keeping with Tolkien’s usual spelling conventions from the 1930s, but I prefer cevn as it makes the pronunciation clearer; see the discussion of the Sindarin phoneme [v] for more details.

cevn

adjective. earthen

cevnas

noun. earthenware

A noun appearing as {cefnas >>} cevnas “earthenware” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, based on N. {cefn >>} cevn “of earth, earthen” under the root ᴹ√KEM “soil, earth” (Ety/KEM).

cevnor

noun. potter

cennan

noun. potter

A word for “potter” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√TAN “make, fashion” as the equivalent of ᴹQ. kentano (Ety/TAN). The root ᴹ√KEM “soil, earth” had N. {cefnor >>} cevnor “potter”, the equivalent of ᴹQ. kemnaro, but N. cevnor was deleted even though ᴹQ. kemnaro was retained (EtyAC/KEM). There was a line drawn from kemnaro to forms ᴹQ. kentano and N. cennan in the margin, but both these marginal forms were deleted (EtyAC/KEM).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would use the form cennan “potter”, since it is the only undeleted form.

cennan

noun. potter