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ᴹQ. huan (hún-) n. “hound” (Category: Dog)

ᴹQ. huan (hún-), n. “hound, ⚠️[ᴱQ.] dog” (Category: Dog)

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “hound” derived from primitive ᴹ✶khugan under the root ᴹ√KHUG “bark, bay” (Ety/KHUGAN). It was followed a parenthetical form (húnen), likely a genitive, indicating a stem form of hún-. This word served as the basis for the name of the great Valinorian hound Huan.

Conceptual Development: The forms huan and {hwan >>} huan appeared in both the Qenya Lexicon and Qenya Phonology of the 1910s, but in both cases this word was revised to ᴱQ. fan (fand-) “dog” (QL/37; PE12/26). This word was derived from the early root ᴱ√SAẆA < sǝwǝ (QL/82) and primitive forms ᴱ✶swandǝ (PE12/26) or ᴱ✶swǝnd- (QL/82). The vacillation from huan to fan reflects Tolkien’s uncertainty on the development of initial sw- in Early Qenya, either to hw- > hu- or to f- (PE12/26 note #26). The form ᴱQ. huan (huand-) “dog” appeared in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/132). It appeared again in The Etymologies, with a new gloss “hound”, a revised derivation and a new stem form hún- (see above).

References ✧ Ety/KHUGAN

Glosses

Variations

Changes

Inflections

húnen genitive ✧ Ety/KHUGAN
húnen genitive ✧ Ety/KHUGAN

Cognates

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√KHUGAN > huan [kʰugan] > [xugan] > [xuɣan] > [xuan] > [huan] ✧ Ety/KHUGAN
ᴹ✶khugan > huan [kʰugan] > [xugan] > [xuɣan] > [xuan] > [huan] ✧ Ety/KHUGAN

ᴱQ. huan (huand-) n. “dog” (Category: Dog)

@@@ reflects older sw- > hu-

References ✧ PE12/26; PE16/132; QL/37

Glosses

Variations

Changes

Inflections

huandi plural ✧ PE16/132
huand- stem ✧ QL/37

Element In

Cognates


ᴱQ. fan (fand-) n. “dog” (Category: Dog)

See ᴹQ. huan for discussion.

References ✧ PE12/26; QL/37, 82

Glosses

Variations

Inflections

Fand- stem ✧ QL/37
fand- stem ✧ PE12/26; QL/82

Cognates

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶swandǝ > fan [swandǝ] > [swand] > [fand] > [fan] ✧ PE12/26