Quenya 

fanwa

noun. veil, screen

Derivations

  • ✶phanmā “veil, screen” ✧ PE17/176; PE17/180
    • √PHAN “cover, screen, veil; white, (light white) shape; shape, vision” ✧ PE17/174
    • √PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)” ✧ NM/237

Element in

  • Q. henfanwa “eye-screen, veil upon eyes” ✧ PE17/176
  • Q. úfanwëa “not veiled, unveiled” ✧ PE17/176; PE17/180

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶fanma > fanwa[pʰanma] > [ɸanma] > [ɸanwa] > [fanwa]✧ PE17/176
✶fan-mā > fanwa[pʰanmā] > [ɸanmā] > [ɸanwā] > [ɸanwa] > [fanwa]✧ PE17/180
Quenya [PE17/176; PE17/180] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fanta-

to veil, cloak, mantle

fanta- vb. "to veil, cloak, mantle" (VT43:22), mainly used of veils cast over things that shone, or that were brighter and more vivid (PE17:174); according to Tolkien usually the strong past tense fánë and perfect afánië were used, but later also fantanë in the past tense (and then perhaps *afantië in the perfect?) (PE17:179-180) Cf halya- (q.v.), the stem of which Tolkien contrasted with the stem of this verb (PE17:184).

vasar

noun. veil

Cognates

  • S. gwath “shadow, dim light, shadow, dim light, [N.] shade” ✧ VT42/09

Derivations

  • √WATHAR “*shadow, veil” ✧ VT42/09; VT42/10

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√Wathar > waþar > vasar[watʰar] > [waθar] > [βaθar] > [vaθar] > [vasar]✧ VT42/09
√waþar > vasar[watʰar] > [waθar] > [βaθar] > [vaθar] > [vasar]✧ VT42/10
Quenya [VT42/09; VT42/10] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vasarya-

to veil

vasarya- (þ) vb. "to veil" (VT42:10)

Sindarin 

fanha-

verb. to veil

v. to veil, cloak. Q. fanta-. Naturally mainly used of veils cast over things that shone, or were brighter and more vivid.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:174] < *_phantā- _< PHAN cover, screen, veil. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

fân

veil

(cloud, manifested body of a Vala), construct fan, pl. fain

gwathra

veil

(i ’wathra, in gwathrar) (dim, obscure, overshadow)

escal

veil

(screen, cover that hides), pl. escail. Also spelt esgal (pl. esgail).

Primitive elvish

phanmā

noun. veil, screen

Derivations

  • √PHAN “cover, screen, veil; white, (light white) shape; shape, vision” ✧ PE17/174
    • √PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)” ✧ NM/237

Derivatives

  • Q. fanwa “veil, screen” ✧ PE17/176; PE17/180

Variations

  • fanma ✧ PE17/176 (fanma)
  • fan-mā ✧ PE17/180
Primitive elvish [PE17/176; PE17/180] Group: Eldamo. Published by