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ᴺQ. !finëa adj. “downy, hairy [specifically fine, light hair]” (Category: Hair (other))

ᴺQ. !finëa, adj. “downy, hairy [specifically fine, light hair]” (Category: Hair (other))

A neologism for “downy, hairy” (more specifically referring fine, light hair) coined by Paul Strack in 2018 for Eldamo as a replacement for ᴱQ. tilinya of the same meaning. This Early Qenya word was based on ᴱQ. til (tiln-) “single hair”, and finëa is likewise an adjectival form of finë “single hair”.

Elements

Q. finë “(single) hair, filament”

ᴱQ. tilinya adj. “downy, hairy” (Category: Hair (other))

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “downy, hairy”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. til (tiln-) “single hair” (QL/92).

Reference ✧ QL/92 ✧ “downy, hairy”

Elements

til “(single) hair” ✧ QL/92