rana

noun. Moon, (lit.) Wayward

Cognates

• N. Rhân “Moon” ✧ Ety/RAN

Derivations

• ᴹ✶Ranā “Moon” ✧ Ety/RAN
  • ᴹ√RAN “wander, stray” ✧ Ety/RAN

Element in

• ᴹQ. Rana núresse orta silia; en e·orta silia! “The Moon at night rises shining; there it rises shining!” ✧ PE22/100
• ᴹQ. Rana oronte silalya “The moon rose shining” ✧ PE22/100; PE22/100
• ᴹQ. Rana ortalyane silalya “The moon was rising, shining (as it rose)” ✧ PE22/100
• ᴹQ. silia Rana “shining Moon” ✧ PE22/100

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶Ranā > Rana	[ranā] > [rana]	✧ Ety/RAN

Variations

• Răna ✧ LR/240
• rana ✧ PE22/022; PE22/050

réna

noun. edge, border, margin

Changes

• rāna → rāne ✧ EtyAC/REG
• rāne → réna ✧ Ety/REG

Cognates

• N. rhain “border” ✧ Ety/REG; EtyAC/REG

Derivations

• ᴹ√REG “edge, border, margin” ✧ Ety/REG; EtyAC/REG

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√REG > réna	[regna] > [reŋna] > [rēna]	✧ Ety/REG
ᴹ√RAG > rāne	[ragna] > [raŋna] > [rāna]	✧ EtyAC/REG

Variations

• rāna ✧ EtyAC/REG (rāna)
• rāne ✧ EtyAC/REG (rāne)

nú

proper name. Moon

A name for the moon in linguistic notes from 1930s (PE21/38, 41), perhaps a derivative of the root ᴹ√NDŪ “go down”, though this root usually applied to the Sun. Its dual form Nunt referred to both the sun and moon (PE21/38).

Derivations

• ᴹ√NDŪ “go down, sink, set (of Sun)”