fumella

noun. (red) poppy, *(lit.) flower of sleep

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. {fūmella >>} fumella or fūmelot “poppy” in the Qenya Lexicon, with an initial element ᴱQ. fúme “sleep” and a second element of either the suffix -lla or a reduced form of ᴱQ. lóte “flower” (QL/39). In the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa the variants were fumella and fúmelot valinoriva “poppy” (PME/39). In other early notes Tolkien had “Fumella, the red poppy that grew in hosts in Lorien’s gardens” (PE15/14).

Neo-Quenya: Since Tolkien abandoned ᴱQ. fúme “sleep”, I would update this word to ᴺQ. lórelot “poppy, ✱(lit.) flower of sleep” using a later form lórë for “sleep”.

Changes

• fūmella → fŭmella ✧ QL/039

Cognates

• G. hum(i)los “(red) poppy” ✧ PE15/14

Element in

• Eq. fúmelot valinoriva “(large) poppy” ✧ PME/039; QL/044

Variations

• fúmella ✧ LT1A/fumellar
• fúmellot ✧ LT1A/fumellar
• Fumella ✧ PE15/14
• fúmelot ✧ PME/039
• fūmelot ✧ QL/039
• fŭmella ✧ QL/039
• fūmella ✧ QL/039 (fūmella)