falasta- vb. "to foam", participle falastala "foaming, surging" in Markirya
Quenya
wingë
foam, crest of wave, crest
falasta-
to foam
fallë
foam
fallë noun "foam" (PHAL/PHÁLAS)
winga
foam, spray
winga noun "foam, spray" (Markirya). Also wingë.
Sindarin
hross
noun. foam
n. foam. >> ross
ross
noun. foam
n. foam. >> hross
falf
foam
(breaker), pl. felf, coll. pl. falvath
faltha
foam
(i faltha, i falthar)
faltha
foam
(verb) faltha- (i faltha, i falthar)
gwing
foam
(i ’wing) (spindrift, spume, spray blown off wave-tops), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwing)
gwing
foam
1) gwing (i **wing) (spindrift, spume, spray blown off wave-tops), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwing), 2) ross (construct ros) (rain, dew, spray [of fall or fountain]), pl. ryss (idh ryss) (Letters:282). Note: homophones mean ”reddish, russet, copper-coloured, red-haired” and also ”polished metal, glitter”, 3) falf (breaker), pl. felf, coll. pl. falvath**
ross
foam
(construct ros) (rain, dew, spray [of fall or fountain]), pl. ryss (idh ryss) (Letters:282). Note: homophones mean ”reddish, russet, copper-coloured, red-haired” and also ”polished metal, glitter”
Noldorin
faltha-
verb. to foam
falf
noun. foam, breaker
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Qenya
winge
noun. foam, crest of wave, crest
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶wingē > winge [wiŋgē] > [wiŋge] > [viŋge] ✧ Ety/WIG Variations
- wiñge ✧ PE22/051
falle
noun. foam
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “foam” derived from the root ᴹ√PHAL of the same meaning (Ety/PHAL).
Derivations
- ᴹ√PHAL “foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√PHAL/PHÁLAS > falle [pʰalle] > [ɸalle] > [falle] ✧ Ety/PHAL
Middle Primitive Elvish
wingē
noun. foam, crest of wave, crest
Derivations
- ᴹ√WIG “*foam” ✧ Ety/WIG
Derivatives
phal
root. foam
Derivatives
- ᴹQ. falasse “beach” ✧ Ety/PHAL
- ᴹQ. falle “foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL
- ᴹQ. falma “(crested) wave” ✧ Ety/PHAL
- ᴹQ. falmar(in) “sea-spirit, nymph, sea-spirit, nymph, [ᴱQ.] sea-fay (male), spirit of the sea foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL
- N. falas “beach, shore” ✧ Ety/PHAL
- N. falf “foam, breaker, foam, breaker, [G.] wave” ✧ Ety/PHAL
- On. phalsa- “to foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL
- N. faltha- “to foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL
Element in
- ᴹQ. Falanyel “*Beach Singer” ✧ Ety/PHAL
- N. Men Falros “*Place of Splashing Foam”
- ᴹT. Fallinel “Teleri” ✧ Ety/NYEL; Ety/PHAL
Variations
- PHAL/PHÁLAS ✧ Ety/PHAL; Ety/SPAL
- PHAL/PHALAS ✧ EtyAC/SPAL
Gnomish
osp(a)
noun. foam
A noun “foam” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with variants osp and ospa (GL/63), probably derived from the root ᴱ√Palas (QL/72).
Derivations
- ᴱ√PALAS “*foam, splash”
Element in
Variations
- osp ✧ GL/63
- ospa ✧ GL/63
Early Quenya
falmo
noun. foam
Derivations
- ᴱ√FALA “*foam, wave” ✧ LT1A/Falman; QL/037
Element in
- Eq. falmarin “sea-fay (male), spirit of the sea foam” ✧ LT1A/Falman
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√FALA > falmo [ɸalmō] > [ɸalmo] > [falmo] ✧ QL/037 Variations
- falma ✧ LT1A/Falman
hoiye
noun. foam
A noun in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s glossed “foam” (PE16/136). Its etymology is unclear.
uilosse
noun. foam
A (rejected) noun in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s glossed “foam” (PE16/139). Its etymology is unclear.
wingë noun "foam, crest of wave, crest" (WIG); "foam, spindrift" (LT1:273). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, wingë was also the name of tengwa #24, which letter Tolkien would later call wilya > vilya instead. - Also winga (so in Markirya).