S. [N.] ^anu, n. and adj. “male (person or animal)”

In HSD/anu, Didier Willis suggested (as originally proposed by David Salo) that this word is most likely an adjective, the cognate of adjective Q. hanwa¹ “male” rather than the noun Q. hanu “a male (man or animal)”. This is because the final -u in ✶ʒanu would have vanished in Sindarin, while the final -wa in ✶ʒanwa would have developed into -u (Noldorin -w).

N. anw n. and adj. “male (person or animal)”

References ✧ Ety/ƷAN, INI; EtyAC/ƷAN

Glosses

• “a male (of Men or Elves), male animal” ✧ Ety/ƷAN.016
• “male” ✧ EtyAC/ƷAN.030 (anw)

Variations

• anw ✧ Ety/ƷAN.016; Ety/INI.019; EtyAC/ƷAN.030 (anw)
• ganw ✧ EtyAC/ƷAN.029

Related

• inw “female” is reformed after anw ✧ Ety/INI.017

Changes

• ganw >> anw “male” ✧ EtyAC/ƷAN.029

Cognates

• Ilk. ganu “male (person or animal)” ✧ Ety/ƷAN.018; EtyAC/ƷAN.033 (ganu)
• ᴹQ. hanu “male, man (of Men or Elves), male animal” ✧ Ety/ƷAN.004; EtyAC/ƷAN.022 (hanu)
• ᴹQ. hanwa “male” ✧ Ety/INI.010
• ON. anu “a male (person or animal)” ✧ Ety/ƷAN.014

Derivations

• < ᴹ√ƷAN “male” ✧ Ety/INI.021; Ety/ƷAN.001
• < ON. anu “a male (person or animal)” ✧ Ety/ƷAN.014
  • < ᴹ√ƷAN “male” ✧ Ety/ƷAN.001

Phonetic Developments

ON. anu > anw

[anu]

✧ Ety/ƷAN.016

G. an n. “person, -body, one, anyone, someone, they; creature”

References ✧ GG/9; GL/19

Glosses

• “creature” ✧ GG/09.1309
• “person, -body, one, anyone, someone, they” ✧ GL/19.5301

Related

• an “person, -body, one, anyone, someone, they” negative is unweg ✧ GL/19.5301

Element In

• ⇒ G. anos “man (fullgrown), warrior” ✧ GL/19.5801
• ⇒ G. anoth “manhood†; man (fullgrown), warrior” ✧ GL/19.5501
• ⇒ G. i·weg na an fofrin “man is a foolish creature” ✧ GG/09.1306

Cognates

• ᴱQ. anu “a male, man”