finca
clever
finya
adjective. clever
Derivations
- √PHIN “clever, skillful; neat, fine, delicate; skill, dexterity, clever, skillful; neat, fine, delicate; skill, dexterity, [ᴹ√] nimbleness” ✧ PE17/017
Element in
- ᴺQ. finyalë “cleverness”
- Q. leptafinya “clever-fingered” ✧ PE17/017
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √PHIN- > finya [pʰinja] > [ɸinja] > [finja] ✧ PE17/017
maen
noun. a treasure
_ n. _a treasure. Q. _maina _a thing of excellence, a treasure (O.E. máþum).
maen
noun. a treasure
Cognates
- Q. maina “thing of excellence, treasure” ✧ PE17/163
Derivations
- √MAY “excellent, admirable, beautiful; make [art]; suitable, useful, proper, serviceable; right” ✧ PE17/163
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √MAY > maen [mainā] > [maina] > [main] > [maen] ✧ PE17/163
mîr
a treasure
maen
clever
maen (lenited vaen; no distinct pl. form) (skilled) (noun):
maen
clever
(lenited vaen; no distinct pl. form) (skilled)
maen
skilled
(lenited vaen; no distinct pl. form) (clever)
maed
skilled
1) maed (lenited vaed; no distinct pl. form) (handy). Note: a homophone means ”shapely”. 2) maen (lenited vaen; no distinct pl. form) (clever), 3) #flâd (construct flad, pl. flaid). Isolated from the name Fladrif ”skin-bark”.ee HEAVEN. SKY-BRIDGE, see RAINBOW
maed
skilled
(lenited vaed; no distinct pl. form) (handy). Note: a homophone means ”shapely”.
flâd
skilled
(construct flad, pl. flaid). Isolated from the name Fladrif ”skin-bark”.
maen
adjective. skilled, clever
maen
adjective. skilled, clever
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. magna > maen [magna] > [maŋna] > [maina] > [main] > [maen] ✧ Ety/MAƷ MAG
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magna
adjective. skilled, clever
Derivations
Derivatives
- N. maen “skilled, clever” ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG; EtyAC/MAƷ
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶magnā > magna [magnā] > [magna] ✧ Ety/MAƷ MAG Variations
- magnā ✧ EtyAC/MAƷ
magnā
adjective. skilled
Derivations
- ᴹ√MAG “use, handle” ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG; EtyAC/MAƷ
Derivatives
isqalea
adjective. clever
finca adj. "clever" (in petty ways) (PE17:119). A distinct form finca is also mentioned as the cognate of Sindarin fineg, but neither form is clearly glossed. The word-group under consideration has to do with hair(PE17:17).