fanui

adjective. cloudy

fanui

cloudy

_adj. _cloudy. >> Dol-fanui, Fanuidhol

fanui

cloudy

adj. cloudy, having much cloud. >> Fanuidhol, -ui

fanui

adjective. cloudy, (lit.) having much cloud

A word for “cloudy”, adjectival form of fân “cloud”, an element the name S. Fanuidhol “Cloudyhead” (PE17/26, 36, 173; RC/268; RGEO/66). In one place Tolkien translated fanui as “cloudy, having much cloud” (PE17/173).

Conceptual Development: The initial name of the mountain Fanuidhol in Lord of the Rings drafts was N. Fanuiras “Horn of Cloud” (TI/174), so it seems fanui dates back at least to the 1940s.

Derivations

• √PHAN “cover, screen, veil; white, (light white) shape; shape, vision” ✧ PE17/026; PE17/036
  • √PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)” ✧ NM/237

Element in

• S. Fanuidhol “Cloudyhead” ✧ PE17/026; PE17/036; PE17/173; RC/268; RGEO/66

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√FAN > fanui	[pʰanājā] > [pʰanāja] > [ɸanāja] > [ɸanǭja] > [ɸanǭia] > [ɸanoia] > [fanoia] > [fanoi] > [fanoe] > [fanui]	✧ PE17/026
√PHAN > fanui	[pʰanājā] > [pʰanāja] > [ɸanāja] > [ɸanǭja] > [ɸanǭia] > [ɸanoia] > [fanoia] > [fanoi] > [fanoe] > [fanui]	✧ PE17/036

fanui

cloudy

fanui. No distinct pl. form.

fanui

cloudy

. No distinct pl. form.