fána
cloud
ungo
cloud, dark shadow
ungo noun "cloud, dark shadow" (UÑG)
lumbo
cloud
lumbo noun "cloud" (pl. lumbor in Markirya), also glossed "gloom; dark, shade" (PE17:72, 168). In early "Qenya", lumbo was glossed "dark lowering cloud" (LT1:259)
faun
cloud
(pl. foen, coll. pl. fonath)
fân
cloud
1) fân (veil, also used of the manifested body of a Vala), construct fan, pl. fain, 2) faun (pl. foen, coll. pl. fonath)
fân
cloud
(veil, also used of the manifested body of a Vala), construct fan, pl. fain
mith
white fog
mith (i vith) (wet mist), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mith). David Salo would read mîth with a long vowel. Note: a homophone is the adjective ”pale grey”.
mith
white fog
mith (i vith) (wet mist), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mith). David Salo would read mîth with a long vowel. Note: a homophone is the adjective ”pale grey”.
spenna
noun. cloud
Derived from a stem SPAN "white" (LR:387), but hardly a direct cognate of Quenya fanya and Telerin spania (both probably from spanjâ), nor a direct cognate of Sindarin faun, stated to be derived from spâna. Rather spenna must derive from spannâ, sc. the stem SPAN with the adjectival ending -nâ (or possibly the simpler adjectival ending -â combined with a medial strengthening n > nn). As for the change of a to e, cf. scella from skalnâ.
faun
noun. cloud
faun
noun. cloud
Cognates
- ᴹQ. fána “cloud; white” ✧ Ety/SPAN
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶spāna > faun [spāna] > [spǭna] > [sɸǭna] > [sɸouna] > [ɸouna] > [founa] > [fauna] > [faun] ✧ Ety/SPAN
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spenna
noun. white fog
A noun glossed “white fog” developed from the root ᴹ√SPAN (Ety/SPAN, EtyAC/SPAN), perhaps from a primitive form ✱✶spannā as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Nandorin/spenna). As noted by Helge Fauskanger, it seems the primitive vowel [a] became [e]. The mechanism is unclear, but perhaps [[dan|this change was triggered by the initial [s] plus voiceless stop]].
Cognates
- ᴹQ. fána “cloud; white” ✧ Ety/SPAN
Derivations
- ᴹ√SPAN “white” ✧ Ety/SPAN
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√SPAN > spenna [spannā] > [spennā] > [spenna] ✧ Ety/SPAN
spāna
noun. cloud
Derivations
- ᴹ√SPAN “white” ✧ Ety/SPAN
Derivatives
spania
noun. cloud
Cognates
- ᴹQ. fána “cloud; white” ✧ Ety/SPAN
Derivations
glum
noun. cloud
lum
noun. cloud
Cognates
- Eq. lumbo “dark lowering cloud” ✧ LT1A/Luvier
Derivations
- ᴱ√LUVU “*dark (weather)” ✧ LT1A/Luvier
Element in
Variations
- glum ✧ GL/55
aulo
noun. cloud
fanya
noun. cloud
fána (2) noun "cloud" _(SPAN, VT46:15). _Cf. fana.