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Qenya 

qéne

noun. petrel

A noun for “petrel” (a type of seabird) appearing in notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1930s (PE22/32). It was derived from primitive ᴹ✶kwǣnē, a rare example of the vowel ǣ in primitive Elvish.

Cognates

  • Ilk. cwên “small gull, petrel, sea-bird” ✧ PE22/032

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶kwǣnē “small gull, petrel” ✧ PE22/032
    • ᴹ√KWǢ “onomatopoetic” ✧ EtyAC/KWǢ

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶kwǣnē > qēne[kwǣnē] > [kwēnē] > [kwēne]✧ PE22/032

Variations

  • qēne ✧ PE22/032