Q. Rána n. “Moon, (lit.) Wayward” (Category: Moon)
Another name of the Moon (usually Q. Isil), translated as “Wayward” (S/99). This name is a derivative of the root √RAN “wander” (UT/242), with a primitive form ✶rānā (VT48/7).
Conceptual Development: The name ᴱQ. Rána appears as a name of the moon in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/192), though at this early stage its precise meaning and etymology were unclear. In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, ᴹQ. Rana appeared with a short a, with the translation “Wayward” (LR/240). The name also appeared with a short a in The Etymologies as a derivative of ᴹ√RAN “wander, stray” from primitive ᴹ✶Ranā (Ety/RAN). The long á was restored in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (MR/130).
In some later notes, Tolkien said that Rána was the name of the spirit of the Moon rather than the Moon itself (VT42/13). Elsewhere this spirit was named Tirion, so this was probably a transient idea. In the indexes of The Silmarillion and The Unfinished Tales, Christopher Tolkien translated Rána as “Wanderer”, but the source of that translation is unclear.
References ✧ MR/130, 198, 376; MRI; S/99; SA/ran; SI; UT/242; UTI; VT42/13; VT47/11
Glosses
Variations
Related
Inflections
| Ráno | genitive | “of the Moon” | ✧ VT47/11 |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| √ran- > Rána | [rāna] | ✧ SA/ran |
| √ran- > Rána | [rāna] | ✧ UT/242 |
| √RAN > Rána | [rāna] | ✧ VT42/13 |
ᴹQ. Rana n. “Moon, (lit.) Wayward” (Category: Moon)
References ✧ Ety/RAN; EtyAC/RAN; LR/240; LRI; PE22/22, 50, 100; RSI
Glosses
Variations
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ✶Ranā > Rana | [ranā] > [rana] | ✧ Ety/RAN |
ᴱQ. Rána n. “Moon” (Category: Moon)
References ✧ GL/64-65; LT1/192; LT1A/Rána; LT1I; MC/213-214, 221; PE13/152; PE15/75; PE16/62, 64, 72, 74-75; SM/97; SMI
Glosses
Variations
Related
Changes
Inflections
| ránasi | ? | ✧ PE16/64 | |
| ranainen | instrumental plural | ✧ PE16/64 | |
| ránar | locative; r-locative | “in the moon” | ✧ MC/213; MC/213; MC/214 |
Element In
Cognates