Early Quenya
suni
noun. bitch, *female dog
Cognates
- G. huil “bitch, *female dog”
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶sw(ǝ)nī́ > suni [swǝnī] > [swnī] > [swni] > [suni] ✧ PE12/026 ᴱ✶sẇǝnī́ > suni [swǝnī] > [swnī] > [swni] > [suni] ✧ QL/082
súne
noun. (human) nose
Derivations
- ᴱ√SUHYU “air, breath, exhale, puff” ✧ QL/086
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√SUHU > sūne [suxnē] > [suxne] > [suɣne] > [sūne] ✧ QL/086 Variations
- sūne ✧ PE15/75; QL/086
ᴱQ. suni “bitch” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from ᴱ✶sẇǝnī́ under the early root ᴱ√SAẆA < sǝwǝ (QL/82). This word also appeared in the Qenya Phonology with a similar derivation (PE12/26), and appeared again in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/82).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d update this word to ᴺQ. húni “bitch, ✱female dog” using the later root ᴹ√KHUG that seems to have replaced ᴱ√SAẆA (Ety/KHUGAN).