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Qenya 

hanya-

verb. to understand, know about, be skilled in dealing with

Cognates

  • N. henia- “to understand” ✧ Ety/KHAN

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHAN “understand, comprehend” ✧ Ety/KHAN

Element in

  • ᴺQ. asahanya “understandably, of course, (lit.) easily understood”
  • ᴺQ. uruhanyaima “complicated, enigmatic, cryptic, hard to understand”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KHAN > hanya-[kʰanja-] > [xanja-] > [hanja-]✧ Ety/KHAN

Variations

  • hanya ✧ EtyAC/KHAN
Qenya [Ety/KHAN; EtyAC/KHAN] Group: Eldamo. Published by