fanta- vb. "to veil, cloak, mantle" (VT43:22), mainly used of veils cast over things that shone, or that were brighter and more vivid (PE17:174); according to Tolkien usually the strong past tense fánë and perfect afánië were used, but later also fantanë in the past tense (and then perhaps *afantië in the perfect?) (PE17:179-180) Cf halya- (q.v.), the stem of which Tolkien contrasted with the stem of this verb (PE17:184).
Quenya
fanta-
verb. to veil, cloak, mantle, to veil, cloak, mantle; [ᴺQ.] to muffle
fanta-
verb. to veil, cloak, mantle
fanwa
veil, screen
fanwa noun "veil, screen" (PE17:176, 180)
úfantima
adjective. not concealable
An adjective for “not concealable” or “not ([that is] impossible) to be concealed or veiled”, given as úfantima or úfantuma (PE17/176, 180). It is a negation of fantima “concealable” based on the verb fanta- “veil”.
loru-
verb. to fall asleep
A neologism coined by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo to replace the “fall asleep” senses of the Early Qenya verb ᴱQ. fanta- (QL/37).
fánë
fánë
fánë, strong past tense of fanta, q.v.
halya-
verb. veil, conceal, screen from light
halya- vb. "veil, conceal, screen from light" (SKAL1, VT46:13) Tolkien noted that "√SKAL applied to more opaque things that cut off light and cast shadows over other things" (PE17:184), contrasting it with √SPAN, the rejected stem of fanta-, q.v.
vasar
noun. veil
A noun meaning “a veil” that is a rare remnant of the root √WATHAR in Quenya, along with a related verb vasarya- “to veil” (VT42/10). In the draft version of the note where it appeared, Tolkien said this noun was “was not in daily use” (VT42/9). It is related to S. gwath, and possibly also the name Q. Avathar “Shadows” as suggested by Carl Hostetter (VT48/28 note #17).
vasar
veil
vasar (þ) noun "veil" (VT42:10, the word was "not in daily use", VT42:9). Older form waþar.
vasarya-
verb. to veil
vasarya- (þ) vb. "to veil" (VT42:10)
vasarya-
verb. to veil
úfantima
not concealable
úfantima adj. "not concealable" (PE17:176), also úfantuma (PE17:180), cf. fanta-, q.v.
úfantuma
adjective. not concealable
The Quenya verb form of the root √PHAN meaning “veil, cloak, mantle”, appearing in a lengthy discussion of this root from the mid-1960s (PE17/173-180). In the last draft of these notes Tolkien specified that fanta- was a ta-formative verb from √PHAN + tă, originally with both a strong past and perfect based directly on the root: fáne [“veiled”] and afánie [“has veiled”] (PE17/180). In modern times its past has become a weak past fantane, through presumably its strong perfect survived.
Neo-Quenya: In a 2023-11-21 post on the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), Luinyelle suggested this word might also apply to sound, so having the additional sense “✱muffle”.