Quenya 

falasta-

to foam

falasta- vb. "to foam", participle falastala "foaming, surging" in Markirya

Sindarin 

faltha

foam

(i faltha, i falthar)

falf

foam

(breaker), pl. felf, coll. pl. falvath

ross

foam

(construct ros) (rain, dew, spray [of fall or fountain]), pl. ryss (idh ryss) (Letters:282). Note: homophones mean ”reddish, russet, copper-coloured, red-haired” and also ”polished metal, glitter”

gwing

foam

(i ’wing) (spindrift, spume, spray blown off wave-tops), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwing)

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Qenya 

falle

noun. foam

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “foam” derived from the root ᴹ√PHAL of the same meaning (Ety/PHAL).

Derivations

  • ᴹ√PHAL “foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√PHAL/PHÁLAS > falle[pʰalle] > [ɸalle] > [falle]✧ Ety/PHAL

Middle Primitive Elvish

phal

root. foam

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. falasse “beach” ✧ Ety/PHAL
  • ᴹQ. falle “foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL
  • ᴹQ. falma “(crested) wave” ✧ Ety/PHAL
  • ᴹQ. falmar(in) “sea-spirit, nymph, sea-spirit, nymph, [ᴱQ.] sea-fay (male), spirit of the sea foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL
  • N. falas “beach, shore” ✧ Ety/PHAL
  • N. falf “foam, breaker, foam, breaker, [G.] wave” ✧ Ety/PHAL
  • On. phalsa- “to foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL
    • N. faltha- “to foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Falanyel “*Beach Singer” ✧ Ety/PHAL
  • N. Men Falros “*Place of Splashing Foam”
  • ᴹT. Fallinel “Teleri” ✧ Ety/NYEL; Ety/PHAL

Variations

  • PHAL/PHÁLAS ✧ Ety/PHAL; Ety/SPAL
  • PHAL/PHALAS ✧ EtyAC/SPAL
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NYEL; Ety/PHAL; Ety/SPAL; EtyAC/SPAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

osp(a)

noun. foam

A noun “foam” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with variants osp and ospa (GL/63), probably derived from the root ᴱ√Palas (QL/72).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PALAS “*foam, splash”

Element in

  • G. ospa- “to seethe, foam, spout” ✧ GL/63
  • G. ospoth “froth” ✧ GL/63

Variations

  • osp ✧ GL/63
  • ospa ✧ GL/63

Early Quenya

palasse

noun. foam, splashing

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed {“splashing (tr.)” >>} “foam, splashing” from the root ᴱ√Palas (QL/72). It also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “foam (mermaid)” (PME/72).

Changes

  • palasse → palasse “splashing (tr.)” ✧ QL/072

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PALAS “*foam, splash” ✧ QL/072

Element in

  • Eq. limpalasse “much roaring” ✧ QL/053
  • Eq. palassea “foaming (of the sea)” ✧ QL/072

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√Palas > palasse[palassē] > [palasse]✧ QL/072
Early Quenya [PME/072; QL/053; QL/072] Group: Eldamo. Published by

uilosse

noun. foam

A (rejected) noun in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s glossed “foam” (PE16/139). Its etymology is unclear.

Early Quenya [PE16/139] Group: Eldamo. Published by

falmo

noun. foam

Derivations

  • ᴱ√FALA “*foam, wave” ✧ LT1A/Falman; QL/037

Element in

  • Eq. falmarin “sea-fay (male), spirit of the sea foam” ✧ LT1A/Falman

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√FALA > falmo[ɸalmō] > [ɸalmo] > [falmo]✧ QL/037

Variations

  • falma ✧ LT1A/Falman
Early Quenya [LT1A/Falman; QL/037] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hoiye

noun. foam

A noun in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s glossed “foam” (PE16/136). Its etymology is unclear.

Early Quenya [PE16/136] Group: Eldamo. Published by