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Q. finë (fini-) n. “(single) hair, filament” (Category: Hair)

Q. finë (fini-), n. “(single) hair, filament” (Category: Hair)

A word for “a hair” appearing in The Shibboleth of Fëanor from 1968 (PM/340). In notes from around 1965 Tolkien also had fine (fini-) for “a hair” (PE17/17). In the 1965 notes derived Tolkien derived it from the root √SPIN, but in the 1968 notes from √PHIN. On a torn half-sheet from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien had Q. phin- derived from the root √SPIN “a single hair, filament”, though the ph indicates it was probably an archaic form (PE17/17). See the entry for findë for more suggestions on the application (Neo) Quenya hair words.

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, Tolkien had ᴱQ. filma “fine hair, line” under the early root ᴱ√FILI “fine, thin” (QL/38), as well as ᴱQ. {tilme >>} til (tiln-) “a hair” under the early root ᴱ√TILI², with a variant form tila (QL/92). A similar word tile “a single hair” (pl. tili) appeared in a list of body parts from the 1920s (PE14/117).

References ✧ PE17/17; PM/340

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fini- stem   ✧ PE17/17
phin- stem “a single hair, filament” ✧ PE17/17

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SPIN- > phin- [spine] > [ɸine] > [fine] ✧ PE17/17
SPIN- > fine [spine] > [ɸine] > [fine] ✧ PE17/17
PHIN > finë [spine] > [ɸine] > [fine] ✧ PM/340

ᴱQ. filma n. “fine hair, line” (Category: Hair)

See Q. finë for discussion.

Reference ✧ QL/38 ✧ “fine hair, line”

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Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√FILI > filma [ɸilmā] > [ɸilma] > [filma] ✧ QL/38

ᴱQ. til (tiln-) n. “(single) hair” (Category: Hair)

See Q. finë for discussion.

References ✧ PE14/117; QL/92, 97

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tili plural ✧ PE14/117
tiln- stem ✧ QL/92
#tilla suffix ✧ QL/97

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ᴱ√TILI² > tilnǝ > til² [tilnǝ] > [tiln] > [til] ✧ QL/92