Fui
night
Hui
night
Hui noun "Night" (PHUY), in earlier "Qenya" defined as "evening" _(MC:214) or"fog, dark, murk, night" (LT1:253)._
mori
night
mori noun "night" (LT1:261, in Tolkien's later Quenya mórë, morë)
olo
night
?olo (reading uncertain), possibly a synonym of ló #1, hence noun "night" (VT45:28)
ló
night, a night
ló (1) noun "night, a night" (DO3/DŌ, VT45:28)
dû
night
_ n. _night (when viewed favourably). Q. lóme.
fuin
noun. night, dead of night, gloom, darkness
dû
night
1) dû (i dhû) (nightfall, dusk, late evening, darkness), pl. dui (i nui) (SD:302), 2) morn (i vorn) (darkness), pl. myrn (i myrn). Note: the word is also used as an adjective ”dark, black” (Letters:386).
dû
night
(i dhû) (nightfall, dusk, late evening, darkness), pl. dui (i nui) (SD:302)
fuin
night, nightshade, dead of night
(gloom, darkness). No distinct pl. form.
morn
night
(i vorn) (darkness), pl. myrn (i myrn). Note: the word is also used as an adjective ”dark, black” (Letters:386).
daw
nighttime
(i dhaw) (gloom), pl. doe (i noe), coll. pl. ?dawath or ?doath.
dúath
nightshade
(i dhúath) (dark shadow), pl. dúaith (i núaith).
tinnu
early night without a moon
(i dinnu, o thinnu) (dusk, twilight), pl. tinny (i thynny) if there is a pl.
daw
noun. night-time, gloom
fuin
noun. night, dead of night, gloom, darkness
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
hui
proper name. Night
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).
Derivations
- ᴹ√PHUY “*darkness” ✧ Ety/PHUY
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√PHUY > Fui > Hui [pʰui] > [ɸui] > [hui] ✧ Ety/PHUY
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
ló
noun. night, a night
Cognates
- N. dû “night, night-fall, late evening” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
Derivations
- ᴹ√DOƷ “night” ✧ Ety/DOƷ; EtyAC/LOƷ
Element in
- ᴹQ. lóme “night, night-time, shades of night, gloom” ✧ EtyAC/LOƷ (
lóme)Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√DOƷ/DÔ > ló [doɣ] > [dō] > [lō] ✧ Ety/DOƷ Variations
- ló ✧ Ety/DOƷ; EtyAC/LOƷ (
ló)
môr
noun. night
A noun for “night” derived from primitive ᴹ✶mǭri (EtyAC/MOR), where the primitive [[ilk|[ǭ] became [ō]]].
Cognates
- ᴹQ. móre “blackness, dark, night” ✧ Ety/MOR
Derivations
Element in
- Ilk. myrilind “nightingale” ✧ Ety/MOR
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶mǭri > môr [mǭri] > [mǭre] > [mōre] > [mōr] ✧ EtyAC/MOR
doʒ
root. night
A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “night” that (along with ᴹ√DOM) was the basis for the ᴹQ. lóme/N. dû “night” (Ety/DOƷ). It replaced some rejected variants ᴹ√LOƷ and ᴹ√DAW (EtyAC/LOƷ). Many of the derivatives of ᴹ√DOƷ were later assigned to other roots: N. dûr “dark” became S. dûr “dark” < √NDU “under, down” in notes from the late 1950s or early 1960s (PE17/152) and ᴹQ. lóna “dark” became Q. lúna (PE17/22). There are no signs of ᴹQ. ló “night” and N. daw “night-time, gloom” in Tolkien’s later writing. Future derivations of Q. lómë/S. dû only mention the root √DOM (PE17/152; PE22/153) and thus ᴹ√DOƷ may have been abandoned.
In a message to the Elfling mailing list from July 2012 (Elfling/362.96), David Salo suggested there might be a later root ✱√DU serving as the basis for Q. lúna “dark” and Q. lúmë “darkness”, though the latter might instead be from √LUM. Such a root ✱√DU is not attested in Tolkien writings, but if it existed, it could be a later iteration of ᴹ√DOƷ. Another possible example of the root ✱√DU is primitive ✶durnŭ “dark of hue”.
Derivatives
- Ilk. daum “night-time, gloom” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
- ᴹ✶doʒmē ✧ Ety/DOMO
- ᴹQ. ló “night, a night” ✧ Ety/DOƷ; EtyAC/LOƷ
- ᴹQ. lóme “night, night-time, shades of night, gloom” ✧ Ety/DOƷ; Ety/LUM
- Ad. lômi “(pleasant) night” ✧ SD/415
- ᴹQ. lóna “dark” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
- N. dû “night, night-fall, late evening” ✧ Ety/DOƷ; Ety/DYEL; Ety/DOMO
- N. dúlin(n) “nightingale” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
- N. dûr “dark” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
- On. doume “night-time, gloom” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
- N. daw “night-time, gloom” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
Element in
Variations
- DOƷ/DÔ ✧ Ety/DOƷ
- DOG ✧ Ety/UÑG
- LOƷ ✧ EtyAC/LOƷ (
LOƷ)- DAW ✧ EtyAC/LOƷ (
DAW)
fui
noun. night
Cognates
- Eq. hui “dark, murk, fog; night, evening” ✧ LT1A/Fui; QL/041
Derivations
- ᴱ√ǶUẎU “*darkness” ✧ GL/36; QL/041
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√fuʒu > fui¹ [xʷuɣu] > [fuɣu] > [fuɣ] > [fui] ✧ GL/36 ᴱ√ǶUẎU > fui [xʷui] > [fui] ✧ QL/041 Variations
- fui¹ ✧ GL/36
- Fui ✧ LT1A/Tarn Fui; LT1A/Turuhalmë
fuin
noun. night
Element in
- En. Taur-na-Fuin “Deadly Nightshade” ✧ SM/026
- En. urfuin “nightless” ✧ PE13/156
Variations
- Fuin ✧ SM/026
fui
noun. night
móri
noun. night
Fui noun "Night" (PHUY) - variant Hui, which form is probably to be preferred in light of Tolkien's later insight that the related word fuinë (see below) is actually Telerin, the proper Quenya form being huinë.