balan

noun. Power, God

Derivations

• On. Bala “Power, God” ✧ Ety/BAL
  • ᴹ✶balā “powerful; Power, God” ✧ Ety/BAL
  • ᴹ√BAL “*power” ✧ Ety/BAL
• ᴹ√BAL “*power” ✧ Ety/KIRIK

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Vala “Power, God” ✧ Ety/BAL; Ety/BAL

Element in

• N. Cerch iMbelain “Sickle of the Gods” ✧ Ety/KIRIK
• N. Nethwelein “Younger Gods” ✧ Ety/LEP
• N. Arvelain “*Day of the Valar”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. Bala > Balan	[Bala] > [Balan]	✧ Ety/BAL
On. Bala > Belein > Belen	[balani] > [beleni] > [belein] > [belen]	✧ Ety/BAL

Inflections

Word	Form	Gloss	Source
Belen	plural	-	✧ Ety/BAL
Mbelain	nasal-mutation plural	“Gods”	✧ Ety/KIRIK
welein	soft-mutation plural	-	✧ Ety/LEP

balan

noun. Vala, divine power, divinity