cefn (lenited gefn, pl. cifn)
Quenya
cemna
of earth, earthen
Sindarin
cefn
adjective. earthen
cefn
earthen
cefn
earthen
(lenited gefn, pl. cifn)
cefn
adjective. of earth, earthen
Noldorin
cevn
adjective. earthen
cevn
adjective. of earth, earthen
A Noldorin adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “of earth, earthen” and given as a derivative of the root ᴹ√KEM (Ety/KEM). Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary suggested an alternate (Neo) Sindarin spelling cefn (HSD/cefn) which is more than in keeping with Tolkien’s usual spelling conventions from the 1930s, but I prefer cevn as it makes the pronunciation clearer; see the discussion of the Sindarin phoneme [v] for more details.
Changes
cefn→ cevn ✧ Ety/KEMCognates
- ᴹQ. kemna “of earth, earthen” ✧ Ety/KEM
Derivations
- ᴹ√KEM “soil, earth” ✧ Ety/KEM
Element in
- N. cevnas “earthenware” ✧ Ety/KEM
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KEM > cevn [kemna] > [kemn] > [kevn] ✧ Ety/KEM Variations
- cefn ✧ EtyAC/KEM (
cefn)
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Qenya
kemna
adjective. of earth, earthen
An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “of earth, earthen” derived from the root ᴹ√KEM “soil, earth” (Ety/KEM; EtyAC/KEM). In The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road, Christopher Tolkien gave the form as kemina (LR/363), but in “Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies” Hostetter and Wynne clarified that the actual form was kemna (VT45/19).
Cognates
- N. cevn “of earth, earthen” ✧ Ety/KEM
Derivations
- ᴹ√KEM “soil, earth” ✧ Ety/KEM
Element in
- ᴺQ. cemnassë “earthenware, pottery”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KEM > kemna [kemna] ✧ Ety/KEM Variations
- kemina ✧ EtyAC/KEM
cemna ("k")adj. "of earth, earthen" (In Etym as printed in LR:363 s.v. KEM, this word is cited as cemina, but according to VT45:19 Tolkien's manuscript actually reads cemna.)