Quenya 

hanuvoitë

male

hanuvoitë adj.? "male" (prob. adj. rather than noun; the word as such is not clearly glossed, but connects with hanu "a male") (INI)

hanwa

male

hanwa noun "male" (INI)

Sindarin 

anu

adjective. male

A literal interpretation of the Etymologies would class this word as a noun, but David Salo notes that the punctuation in The Etymologies is not always reliable. Noldorin anw cannot be cognate to the Quenya noun hanu (3anû) because the final -u would drop. It must rather be cognate to the Quenya adjective hanwa (3anwâ) attested under the stem INI, where it is also stated that inw, corresponding to Quenya inya "female", has been remodelled after anw. The combination of these two entries, along with the phonological evidences, clearly indicates that anw is actually an adjective

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anu

male

(adj.) *anu, analogical pl. eny. (Archaic anw, pl. ?einw)

anu

male

analogical pl. eny. (Archaic anw, pl. ?einw)

Primitive elvish

n-uĕg

suffix. male

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wonā

adjective. male

Derivations

  • OWO “masculine” ✧ PE21/83

Variations

  • ʒōnā ✧ PE21/83 (ʒōnā)
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Noldorin 

anw

adjective. male

A literal interpretation of the Etymologies would class this word as a noun, but David Salo notes that the punctuation in The Etymologies is not always reliable. Noldorin anw cannot be cognate to the Quenya noun hanu (3anû) because the final -u would drop. It must rather be cognate to the Quenya adjective hanwa (3anwâ) attested under the stem INI, where it is also stated that inw, corresponding to Quenya inya "female", has been remodelled after anw. The combination of these two entries, along with the phonological evidences, clearly indicates that anw is actually an adjective

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Qenya 

hanuvoite

adjective. *masculine

An unglossed word in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing next to female ᴹQ. inimeite (Ety/INI), likely meaning “✱masculine” as an adjectival form of ᴹQ. hanu “male” (Ety/ƷAN).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had the adjective ᴱQ. anuvoite “male, masculine” as an elaboration of ᴱQ. anu “a male” (QL/31).

hanwa

adjective. male

A word appearing in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the gloss “male” (Ety/INI), an adjectival form of the noun ᴹQ. hanu “male” (Ety/ƷAN).

Cognates

  • N. anw “male (person or animal)” ✧ Ety/INI

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ƷAN “male” ✧ Ety/INI

Elements

WordGloss
hanu“male, man (of Men or Elves), male animal”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ƷAN > hanwa[ɣanwa] > [hanwa]✧ Ety/INI

Middle Primitive Elvish

ʒan

root. male

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “male” and used in this sense for both people and animals (Ety/ƷAN). Its principle derivatives are ᴹQ. hanu/N. anw “male (person or animal)”, so it might more properly be ✱ᴹ√ƷAN+U.

Derivatives

  • Ilk. ganu “male (person or animal)” ✧ Ety/ƷAN
  • ᴹQ. hanu “male, man (of Men or Elves), male animal” ✧ Ety/ƷAN; Ety/INI
  • ᴹQ. hanwa “male” ✧ Ety/INI
  • ᴹQ. -ando “agent (male)” ✧ Ety/ƷAN
  • N. anw “male (person or animal)” ✧ Ety/INI; Ety/ƷAN
  • On. anu “a male (person or animal)” ✧ Ety/ƷAN
    • N. anw “male (person or animal)” ✧ Ety/ƷAN
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Gnomish

gwegwed

adjective. male

A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “male”, an adjectival form of G. gweg “man” (GL/44).

Early Quenya

via

adjective. male

An adjective in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s glossed “male”, likely related to ᴱQ. vie “teors” [= “✱penis”] (PE16/135).

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