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Q. föa n. “breath, puff of breath” (Category: to Breathe; Breath)

Q. föa, n. “breath, puff of breath” (Category: to Breathe; Breath)
ᴱQ. pusë “puff”

A word appearing as in 1968 notes on primitive monosyllables as a derivative of ✶phā “breath, puff of breath” (VT47/35). Tolkien said this word survived in Quenya, but in a later sentence he wrote Q. fawa, foa, perhaps indicating its more common form was foa. The form foa appeared unglossed in 1964 notes on Dalath Dirnen (DD), and also in 1957 Quenya Notes (QN) as a derivative of √PHAW “emit (foul breath etc.)” and an element in foalóke, probably = “*breath-dragon” (PE17/181). As such, I consider foa the most likely Quenya form and “breath, puff of breath” its most likely meaning.

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, this word appeared as ᴱQ. foa “hoard, treasure” under the early root ᴱ√FOƷO “hide, hoard, store up, lay up in secret”, also as an element in ᴱQ. Foalôke as the name of a dragon (QL/38).

References ✧ PE17/181; VT47/35

Glosses

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Element In

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Phonetic Developments

PHAW > foa [pʰawa] > [ɸawa] > [ɸoa] > [foa] ✧ PE17/181
phā > [pʰā] > [ɸā] > [fā] ✧ VT47/35
fawa > foa [pʰawa] > [ɸawa] > [ɸoa] > [foa] ✧ VT47/35

ᴱQ. foa n. “hoard, treasure” (Category: Treasure)

See Q. föa for discussion.

References ✧ GL/36; LT2A/Foalókë; QL/38

Glosses

Element In

Cognates

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√foχo > foa [ɸoxā] > [ɸoxa] > [foxa] > [foɣa] > [foa] ✧ GL/36
ᴱ√FOƷO > foa [ɸoɣā] > [ɸoɣa] > [foɣa] > [foa] ✧ QL/38