Quenya 

úvanimo

monster (creature of melko[r]) (ban, lt1:272); pl. úvanimor

úvanimo noun "monster (creature of Melko[r]) (BAN, LT1:272); pl. úvanimor "monsters" is attested (UGU/UMU, (GŪ). According to VT45:7, 16 Tolkien did not capitalize the word úvanimo_, though it was so printed in the entries BAN and GŪ in the Etymologies as printed in LR. The (pl.) form _húvanimor was abandoned along with hú rather than ú- as a negative prefix, VT45:17.

úvanimo

noun. monster, corrupt or evil creature

Elements

WordGloss
ú-“no, not, un-, in-; hard, difficult, bad, uneasy; hardly, with difficulty, ‘badly’”
vanima“beautiful one, fair one”

Variations

  • úvano ✧ PE17/150
Quenya [PE17/149; PE17/150] Group: Eldamo. Published by

húvanimor

húvanimor

[húvanimor, see úvanimo]

úvano

noun. monster, corrupt or evil creature

ulundo

monster, deformed and hideous creature

ulundo noun "monster, deformed and hideous creature" (ÚLUG)

Ulban

monster

Ulban (Ulband-) noun "monster" (a name of Melko) (LT1:260)

Sindarin 

ulunn

noun. monster, deformed and hideous creature

Sindarin [Ety/396, X/ND4] Group: SINDICT. Published by

úan

úlug

(pl. úain), 3) urug (bogey, orc), pl. yryg

ulunn

monster

1) *ulunn (deformed and hideous creature), pl. ylynn. (The archaic form ulund and the later form ulun_ is cited in LR:396 s.v. Ú

ulunn

monster

(deformed and hideous creature), pl. ylynn. *(The archaic form ulund and the later form ulun is cited in LR:396 s.v.*

Noldorin 

úan

noun. monster

Noldorin [Ety/351] Group: SINDICT. Published by

úan

noun. monster

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. úvanimo “monster” ✧ Ety/BAN

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶ūbanō “monster” ✧ Ety/BAN
    • ᴹ√BAN “*beauty” ✧ Ety/BAN

Element in

  • N. uanui “monstrous” ✧ Ety/BAN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶ū́banō > úan[ūbanō] > [ūbano] > [ūvano] > [ūvan] > [ūan]✧ Ety/BAN

ulun

noun. monster, deformed and hideous creature

Noldorin [Ety/396, X/ND4] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ulund

noun. monster, deformed and hideous creature

Noldorin [Ety/396, X/ND4] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

úvanimo

noun. monster

Cognates

  • N. úan “monster” ✧ Ety/BAN

Elements

WordGloss
ú-“not, un-, in-”
Vanimo“The Beautiful; Fair Folk”

Variations

  • Úvanimo ✧ EtyAC/BAN
  • Úvanimor ✧ EtyAC/GŪ
  • húvanimor ✧ EtyAC/ƷŪ (húvanimor)
Qenya [Ety/BAN; Ety/GŪ; Ety/UGU; EtyAC/BAN; EtyAC/GŪ; EtyAC/ƷŪ; LRI/Úvanimor; MRI/Úvanimor] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

ūbanō

noun. monster

Derivations

  • ᴹ√BAN “*beauty” ✧ Ety/BAN

Derivatives

  • N. úan “monster” ✧ Ety/BAN

Variations

  • ū́banō ✧ Ety/BAN
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/BAN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

úvanimo

noun. monster

Elements

WordGloss
ú-“un-”
vanima“proper, right, as it should be, fair”

Variations

  • ūvanimo ✧ QL/038; QL/098
Early Quenya [LT1/236; LT1A/Vána; LT1I/Úvanimor; LT2I/Úvanimor; PE13/099; PE14/009; QL/038; QL/098; QL/099; SMI/Úvanimor] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fandor

noun. monster

Changes

  • fantor → fandor “monster” ✧ QL/038

Derivations

  • ᴱ√FṆÐṆ “*omen, ominous” ✧ QL/038; QL/038

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√FṆÐṆ > fandor[ɸṇðosǝ] > [ɸṇðos] > [ɸanðos] > [ɸandos] > [fandos] > [fandor]✧ QL/038
ᴱ√FṆÐṆ > fandos[ɸṇðossǝ] > [ɸṇðoss] > [ɸanðoss] > [ɸandoss] > [fandoss] > [fandos]✧ QL/038

Variations

  • fantor ✧ PME/038; QL/038 (fantor)
  • fandos ✧ QL/038
Early Quenya [PME/038; QL/038] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fandos

noun. monster

fantor

noun. monster

fandelu

noun. monster

Derivations

  • ᴱ√FṆÐṆ “*omen, ominous” ✧ QL/038

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√FṆÐṆ > fandelu[ɸṇðelū] > [ɸṇðelu] > [ɸanðelu] > [ɸandelu] > [fandelu]✧ QL/038
Early Quenya [PME/038; QL/038] Group: Eldamo. Published by