yavanna

feminine name. Giver of Fruits, (lit.) Fruit-gift

Valië of the earth, spouse of Aulë, whose name was translated “Giver of Fruits” (S/27). This name is a compound of yávë “fruit” and the noun anna “gift” (SA/yávë, anna), so literally meant “fruit-gift” (PE17/93).

Conceptual Development: This name dates back to the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/66), and ᴱQ. Yavanna appeared in the Qenya Lexicon as a derivative of the root ᴱ√ẎAVA along with other words having to do with “fruit” (LTA1/Yavanna, QL/105). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, ᴹQ. Yavanna appeared with the etymology given above (Ety/ANA¹, YAB). This etymology appeared in later writings as well (PE17/93).

Cognates

• N. Ivann “Fruit-giver” ✧ PMI/Yavanna

Element in

• Q. yavannamírë “Jewel of Yavanna”
• Q. Yavannië “September, *Yavanna-ness” ✧ SA/yávë
• Q. Yavannildi “Maidens of Yavanna”

Elements

Word	Gloss
yávë	“fruit”
anna	“gift, (orig.) thing handed, brought or sent to a person, gift, (orig.) thing handed, brought or sent to a person, *present”

Variations

• Yávanna ✧ PE17/093