finda (2) adj. "fine & delicately made" (PE17:181)
Quenya
finda
having hair, -haired
finda
fine & delicately made
finda
adjective. having hair, -haired
A word in The Shibboleth of Fëanor from 1968 glossed “having hair, -haired”, it is simply an adjectival form of Q. findë “hair” (PM/340).
Variations
- finda ✧ PM/340
finda
adjective. fine and delicately made
Derivations
- √PHIN “clever, skillful; neat, fine, delicate; skill, dexterity, clever, skillful; neat, fine, delicate; skill, dexterity, [ᴹ√] nimbleness” ✧ PE17/181
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √PHĬN > finda [pʰinda] > [ɸinda] > [finda] ✧ PE17/181 Variations
- finda ✧ PE17/181
finda (1) adj. "having hair, -haired" (Tolkien's gloss "-haired" evidently means that finda may be used in compounds, like *carnifinda "red-haired") (PM:340)