hravan noun "wild beast"; pl.Hravani "the Wild", used as a name of non-Edain Men (PE17:78, WJ:219). PE17:18 has Hrávani with a long á, glossed "Wild-men, Savages".
Quenya
hravani
collective name. Wild-men, Savages
Cognates
- S. Rhevain “Wild-men, Savages” ✧ PE17/018; WJ/219; WJI/Hravani
Elements
Word Gloss hravan “wild beast” Variations
- Hrávani ✧ PE17/018
hravan
wild beast
hravan
noun. wild beast
A word for a “wild beast” in notes from the mid-1960s, derived from the root √S-RAB “wild, in senses not tamed, domesticated” (PE17/78), hence meaning “wild animal” vs. a “tamed animal”, which would probably be Q. laman.
Cognates
- S. rhovan “wilderness; wild beast” ✧ PE17/078
Derivations
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Elements
Word Gloss hráva “wild, savage, wild, savage, [ᴹQ.] untamed” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶srāban > hrăvan [srāban] > [r̥āban] > [r̥āβan] > [r̥āvan] > [r̥avan] ✧ PE17/078 Variations
- hrăvan ✧ PE17/078
A term for savage humans, appearing both as Hravani (WJ/219) and Hrávani (PE17/18). The term is the plural of the noun hravan “wild beast”.