finë (2) noun "dexterity" _(PE17:119, related to words for skill)_
Quenya
finë
hair
finë
dexterity
finë
noun. (single) hair, filament
A word for “a hair” appearing in The Shibboleth of Fëanor from 1968 (PM/340). In notes from around 1965 Tolkien also had fine (fini-) for “a hair” (PE17/17). In the 1965 notes derived Tolkien derived it from the root √SPIN, but in the 1968 notes from √PHIN. On a torn half-sheet from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien had Q. phin- derived from the root √SPIN “a single hair, filament”, though the ph indicates it was probably an archaic form (PE17/17). See the entry for findë for more suggestions on the application (Neo) Quenya hair words.
Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, Tolkien had ᴱQ. filma “fine hair, line” under the early root ᴱ√FILI “fine, thin” (QL/38), as well as ᴱQ. {tilme >>} til (tiln-) “a hair” under the early root ᴱ√TILI, with a variant form tila (QL/92). A similar word tile “a single hair” (pl. tili) appeared in a list of body parts from the 1920s (PE14/117).
Changes
spin-→ phin- ✧ PE17/017Cognates
Derivations
- √SPIN(ID) “fine thread, filament; hair” ✧ PE17/017; PE17/017; PM/340
Element in
- ᴺQ. finëa “downy, hairy [specifically fine, light hair]”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √SPIN- > phin- [spine] > [ɸine] > [fine] ✧ PE17/017 √SPIN- > fine [spine] > [ɸine] > [fine] ✧ PE17/017 √PHIN > finë [spine] > [ɸine] > [fine] ✧ PM/340 Variations
- spin- ✧ PE17/017 (
spin-)- fine ✧ PE17/017
findë
hair
findë (1) noun "hair" (especially of the head) (PM:340), "a tress or plait of hair" (PM:345), "tress, braid of hair, lock of hair" (SPIN)
fínë
noun. dexterity
Derivations
- √PHIN “clever, skillful; neat, fine, delicate; skill, dexterity, clever, skillful; neat, fine, delicate; skill, dexterity, [ᴹ√] nimbleness” ✧ PE17/119
Element in
- Q. fínëa “dexterous” ✧ PE17/119
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √PHINĪ > fínë [pʰine] > [ɸine] > [fine] ✧ PE17/119
fínëa
dexterous
fínëa adj. "dexterous" (PE17:119), also finwa, q.v.
fínëa
adjective. dexterous
Elements
Word Gloss fínë “dexterity” -a “adjectival suffix”
finca
clever
finca adj. "clever" (in petty ways) (PE17:119). A distinct form finca is also mentioned as the cognate of Sindarin fineg, but neither form is clearly glossed. The word-group under consideration has to do with hair(PE17:17).
finwa
dexterous; clever, fine, delicate
finwa adj. "dexterous; clever, fine, delicate" (PE17:119, 181), a similar word is glossed "sagacious" in very early material (LT1:253)
finwa
adjective. clever, fine, delicate; dexterous, ️dexterous, clever; fine, delicate; [ᴱQ.] acute, sagacious
Derivations
- √PHIN “clever, skillful; neat, fine, delicate; skill, dexterity, clever, skillful; neat, fine, delicate; skill, dexterity, [ᴹ√] nimbleness” ✧ PE17/119; PE17/181
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √PHINĪ > finwa [pʰinwa] > [ɸinwa] > [finwa] ✧ PE17/119 √PHĬN > finwa [pʰinwa] > [ɸinwa] > [finwa] ✧ PE17/181
finya
adjective. clever
Derivations
- √PHIN “clever, skillful; neat, fine, delicate; skill, dexterity, clever, skillful; neat, fine, delicate; skill, dexterity, [ᴹ√] nimbleness” ✧ PE17/017
Element in
- ᴺQ. finyalë “cleverness”
- Q. leptafinya “clever-fingered” ✧ PE17/017
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √PHIN- > finya [pʰinja] > [ɸinja] > [finja] ✧ PE17/017
tereva
fine, acute
tereva adj. "fine, acute" (TER/TERES), "piercing"_ (LT1:255; though glossed "fine, acute" in the Etymologies, the stem _TER is defined as "pierce")
phin-
single hair, filament
phin- noun "a single hair, filament" (PE17:17); this is may be seen as an "element" rather than a regular word; the spelling ph rather than f is unusual for Quenya. See fine.
mairëa
beautiful
mairëa adj. "beautiful" (of things made by art) (PE17:163). An alternative (and peculiar) form "mairia" is also implied in the source.
polda
big
polda adj. "big" (PE17:115), "strong, burly" (POL/POLOD)
polda
adjective. big, big; [ᴹQ.] strong, burly; [ᴱQ.] mighty, powerful
Derivations
- √POL “can, have physical power and ability; large, big (strong); pound up, break up small, reduce to powder, can, have physical power and ability; large, big (strong); [ᴹ√] physically strong, [ᴱ√] have stength; [√] pound up, break up small, reduce to powder” ✧ PE17/115
Derivatives
- ᴺQ. poldavë “strongly”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √pol > polda [polna] > [polda] ✧ PE17/115 Variations
- polya ✧ PE17/115 (
polya)
túra
big, great
túra adj. "big, great" (PE17:115), related to words for power and apparently referring to a more abstract greatness than words like haura "huge". Cf. taura, túrëa. Apparently initial element of Túrosto.
loxë
hair
loxë (1) ("ks")noun "hair" (LOK). In later sources Tolkien uses findë, findessë, findilë for "hair", leaving the conceptual status of loxë uncertain.
curu
skill
curu noun "skill" in names like Curufinwë (q.v.) and Sindarin Curufin, Curunir. (SA; possibly the same as curo, curu- above but there was a word curu ["k"] in Tolkien's early "Qenya", glossed "magic, wizardry" [LT1:269]).
curu
noun. skill, skill; [ᴱQ.] magic, wizardry
@@@ more accurately what men would might “magic”, but to the Elves including what is to them ordinary skills such as mental communication and powers of foresight
Cognates
- S. curu “skill (of the hand), craft; power, ability, skill (of the hand), craft; power, ability; [N.] cunning; [ᴱN.] magic” ✧ SA/curu
Derivations
- √KUR “have power, strength, ability inherent physically or mentally; skill, have power, strength, ability inherent physically or mentally; skill, [ᴹ√] craft”
Element in
lelya
delicate, beautiful & fine, slender; lovely
lelya (2) adj. "delicate, beautiful & fine, slender; lovely" (PE17:139, 151)
melwa
lovely
melwa adj. "lovely" (LT1:262); compare melda in Tolkiens later Quenya.
tára
lofty
tára (1) adj. "lofty". (SA:tar, LT1:264, TĀ/TA3 (AYAK, TÁWAR), VT45:6), "tall, high" (WJ:417). Compare antara. Adverb táro in an early "Qenya" text (VT27:20, 26). The adj. tára is not to be confused with the continuative form of the verb #tar- "stand".
mírya
beautiful
mírya adj. "beautiful" (of work of art only) (PE17:165)
vanima
beautiful, fair
vanima adj. "beautiful, fair" (BAN, VT39:14) (glossed "proper, right, fair" in early "Qenya", LT1:272, though a later source says the word is used "only of living things, especially Elves and Men", PE17:150); nominal pl. vanimar "beautiful ones", partitive pl. genitive vanimálion, translated "of beautiful children", but literally meaning *"of [some] beautiful ones") (LotR3:VI ch. 6, translated in Letters:308). Arwen vanimalda "Beautiful Arwen", literally "Arwen your beauty" (see -lda for reference; changed to Arwen vanimelda in the second edition of LotR; see vanimelda).
vanima
adjective. beautiful
írima
lovely, beautiful, desirable
írima adj. "lovely, beautiful, desirable" (ID, FS, PE17:155), in FS also pl. írimar; in the "Qenya" of Fíriel's Song, adjectives in -a form their plurals in -ar instead of -ë as in LotR-style Quenya.
calwa
beautiful
calwa ("k") adj. "beautiful" (LT1:254)
finë (1) (stem *fini-, given the primitive form ¤phini) noun "a hair" _(PM:340, PE17:17) or "larch" (SPIN)_