A word appearing in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the gloss “male” (Ety/INI), an adjectival form of the noun ᴹQ. hanu “male” (Ety/ƷAN).
Qenya
hanu
noun. male, man (of Men or Elves), male animal
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴹ√ƷAN “male” ✧ Ety/ƷAN; Ety/INI
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ƷAN > hanu [ɣanu] > [hanu] ✧ Ety/ƷAN ᴹ√ƷAN > hanu [ɣanu] > [hanu] ✧ Ety/INI ᴹ√ƷAN > hanu [ɣanu] > [hanu] ✧ Ety/ƷAN
handa
noun. chair
Changes
- handa → hamma “chair” ✧ EtyAC/KHAM
Cognates
- N. hand “seat” ✧ EtyAC/KHAM
Derivations
- ᴹ√KHAD ✧ EtyAC/KHAM
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KHAD > handa [kʰanda] > [xanda] > [handa] ✧ EtyAC/KHAM Variations
handa✧ EtyAC/KHAM (handa)
hanwa
adjective. male
Cognates
- N. anw “male (person or animal)” ✧ Ety/INI
Derivations
- ᴹ√ƷAN “male” ✧ Ety/INI
Elements
Word Gloss hanu “male, man (of Men or Elves), male animal” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ƷAN > hanwa [ɣanwa] > [hanwa] ✧ Ety/INI
hamma
noun. chair
Cognates
- N. hanw “?chair” ✧ EtyAC/KHAM
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶harat/hamwa > hamma [kʰamwa] > [xamwa] > [xamma] > [hamma] ✧ EtyAC/KHAM
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “a male, man (of Men or Elves), male animal” derived from the root ᴹ√ƷAN “male” (Ety/ƷAN). The first version of this entry gave it the gloss “male (of all creatures)” (EtyAC/ƷAN).
Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s this word appeared as ᴱQ. anu “a male” (QL/31), also appearing in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “man” (PME/31).