Quenya 

huiva

murky

huiva adj. "murky" (LT1:253)

huiva

adjective. murky, *(nearly) lightless

Derivations

  • PHUY “breathe out, *darkness; breathe out”

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Early Quenya

huiva

adjective. murky

A word in the Qenya Lexicon appearing as ᴱQ. huiva “murky”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. hui “dark, murk, fog” (QL/41). It appeared in a variant form fuiva in the name ᴱQ. Ungwe Fuiva “the Spider of Night” (QL/80; PME/104).

Neo-Quenya: Given that the root √PHUY and the related word Q. huinë “gloom, deep shadow” continues to appear in Tolkien’s later writings, I think ᴺQ. huiva could still be used in Neo-Quenya. However, since huinë was used for a deep darkness such as a night without stars or moon (VT41/8), I think huiva should be limited to describing lightless or nearly lightless conditions. Obscured or very weak light (dim, gloomy) would be Q. úcalima or lómëa.

Cognates

  • G. huith “fog”
  • G. fuin “secret, dark; hoarded” ✧ LT1A/Fui

Element in

Variations

  • Fuiva ✧ PME/104
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