Eldamo : Middle Quenya : muina

ᴹQ. muina adj. “hidden, secret” (Category: Secret)

ᴹQ. muina, adj. “hidden, secret” (Category: Secret): ᴱQ. furin “hidden, concealed”; ᴱQ. morwa “unclear, secret”

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “hidden, secret” derived from the root ᴹ√MUY (Ety/MUY).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had a similar word ᴱQ. foina “hidden, secret” under the early root ᴱ√FOƷO “hide, hoard, store up, lay up in secret” (QL/38).

Reference ✧ Ety/MUY ✧ “hidden, secret”

Element In

ᴺQ. !muinas “hideout”

Cognates

Ilk. muilin “secret, veiled” ✧ Ety/MUY
N. †muin² “secret” ✧ EtyAC/MUY (†muin)

Derivations

< ᴹ√MUY “*secret” ✧ Ety/MUY

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√MUY > muina

[muina]

✧ Ety/MUY

ᴱQ. foina adj. “hidden, secret” (Category: Secret)

See ᴹQ. muina for discussion.

References ✧ LT2A/Foalókë; QL/38

Glosses

“hidden” ✧ LT2A/Foalókë
“hidden, secret” ✧ QL/38

Cognates

G. fuin¹ “secret, dark; hoarded”

Derivations

< ᴱ√FOƷO “hide, hoard, store up, lay up in secret” ✧ LT2A/Foalókë (FOHO); QL/38

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√FOƷO > foina

[ɸoɣinā] > [ɸoɣina] > [foɣina] > [foina]

✧ QL/38