Early Quenya
fui
noun. night
fui
feminine name. Death-goddess, Nienna
Cognates
- G. Fuil “Queen of the Dark” ✧ GL/18; GL/36; LT1A/Fui; PE14/014
Derivations
- ᴱ√ǶUẎU “*darkness” ✧ GL/36
Element in
núri
feminine name. Fui
Cognates
- G. Nurnil ✧ GL/18; LT1A/Núri
Derivations
- ᴱ√NURU “*growl, grumble” ✧ LT1A/Núri; QL/068
Variations
- Nūri ✧ GL/18; QL/068
hui
noun. dark, murk, fog; night, evening
Changes
fui→ hui ✧ PE16/077Cognates
- G. fui “night” ✧ LT1A/Fui; QL/041
Derivations
- ᴱ√ǶUẎU “*darkness” ✧ QL/041
Element in
- Eq. ala fuin oilimaite “after the last night” ✧ MC/221; MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/062; PE16/062; PE16/062; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/072; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/074; PE16/074
- Eq. ala hui oilimaite “*before the last night” ✧ PE16/077; PE16/077; PE16/077
- Eq. ettui “tomorrow night” ✧ QL/034
- Eq. Fui “Death-goddess, Nienna” ✧ QL/038
- Eq. hui oilima “[the last evening]” ✧ MC/214
- Eq. huiva “murky” ✧ LT1A/Fui; QL/041
- Eq. hui oilima man kiluva “Who shall see the last evening?” ✧ MC/214
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√ǶUẎU > hui [xʷuðʲ] > [xuðʲ] > [huðʲ] > [huj] > [hui] ✧ QL/041 Variations
- fui ✧ PE16/080 (
fui); PME/038; PME/041- Fui ✧ QL/038
kie
noun. path
móri
noun. night
Another name for Nienna in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/66), derived from the root ᴱ√NURU having to do with growling (QL/68).