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Early Quenya

fui

noun. night

fui

feminine name. Death-goddess, Nienna

Cognates

  • G. Fuil “Queen of the Dark” ✧ GL/18; GL/36; LT1A/Fui; PE14/014

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ǶUẎU “*darkness” ✧ GL/36

Element in

  • Eq. Fuinen “Tuesday”
  • Eq. fuiyáru “deadly nightshade” ✧ PE15/14
Early Quenya [GL/18; GL/36; LT1A/Fui; LT1I/Fui; LT2I/Fui; PE14/014; PE15/14; PMI/Fui; QL/038; QL/040; QL/068; SMI/Fui] Group: Eldamo. Published by

núri

feminine name. Fui

Another name for Nienna in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/66), derived from the root ᴱ√NURU having to do with growling (QL/68).

Cognates

  • G. Nurnil ✧ GL/18; LT1A/Núri

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NURU “*growl, grumble” ✧ LT1A/Núri; QL/068

Variations

  • Nūri ✧ GL/18; QL/068
Early Quenya [GL/18; LT1A/Núri; LT1I/Núri; QL/068] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hui

noun. dark, murk, fog; night, evening

Changes

  • fuihui ✧ PE16/077

Cognates

  • G. fui “night” ✧ LT1A/Fui; QL/041

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ǶUẎU “*darkness” ✧ QL/041

Element in

  • Eq. ala fuin oilimaite “after the last night” ✧ MC/221; MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/062; PE16/062; PE16/062; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/072; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/074; PE16/074
  • Eq. ala hui oilimaite “*before the last night” ✧ PE16/077; PE16/077; PE16/077
  • Eq. ettui “tomorrow night” ✧ QL/034
  • Eq. Fui “Death-goddess, Nienna” ✧ QL/038
  • Eq. hui oilima “[the last evening]” ✧ MC/214
  • Eq. huiva “murky” ✧ LT1A/Fui; QL/041
  • Eq. hui oilima man kiluva “Who shall see the last evening?” ✧ MC/214

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ǶUẎU > hui[xʷuðʲ] > [xuðʲ] > [huðʲ] > [huj] > [hui]✧ QL/041

Variations

  • fui ✧ PE16/080 (fui); PME/038; PME/041
  • Fui ✧ QL/038
Early Quenya [LT1A/Fui; MC/214; MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/077; PE16/080; PME/038; PME/041; QL/034; QL/038; QL/041] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kie

noun. path

móri

noun. night