Qenya
more
adjective. black, dark
Cognates
- N. môr “black” ✧ Ety/MOR
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶mori > more [mori] > [more] ✧ Ety/MOR
núre
noun. night
Derivations
- ᴹ√NDŪ “go down, sink, set (of Sun)”
Element in
- ᴹQ. Rana núresse orta silia; en e·orta silia! “The Moon at night rises shining; there it rises shining!” ✧ PE22/100
lai
adverb. very
Cognates
- N.
dae“very” ✧ EtyAC/DAƷDerivations
- ᴹ√
DAƷ“great” ✧ EtyAC/DAƷPhonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√DAƷ > lai [dai] > [lai] ✧ EtyAC/DAƷ
lóna
adjective. dark
Cognates
- N. dûr “dark” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
Derivations
- ᴹ√DOƷ “night” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√DOƷ/DÔ > lóna [doɣna] > [dōna] > [lōna] ✧ Ety/DOƷ Variations
- lóna ✧ Ety/DOƷ
hui
proper name. Night
Derivations
- ᴹ√PHUY “*darkness” ✧ Ety/PHUY
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√PHUY > Fui > Hui [pʰui] > [ɸui] > [hui] ✧ Ety/PHUY
A name for (Primordial?) Night appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a derivative of the root ᴹ√PHUY, along with its (archaic?) variant Fui (Ety/PHUY).
Conceptual Development: This name is most likely a remnant of the name ᴱQ. Fui from the earliest Lost Tales, where it was another name for the goddess ᴱQ. Nienna (LT1/66, LT1A/Fui). According to the Qenya and Gnomish Lexicons from the 1910s, this earlier version of the name is derived from the root ᴱ√ǶUẎU (GL/36, QL/38).