G. Ban¹ n. “god, one of the Valar” (Category: God)

⚠️G. Ban¹, n. “god, one of the Valar” (Category: God)

S. Balan “Vala, [N.] Power, ⚠️God”

References ✧ GL/18, 21, 32, 44; LT1A/Valar, Vána; LT2A/Valar; PE13/103; PE15/21; QL/99

Glosses

• “a god” ✧ GL/21 (Ban)
• “a god, one of the great Valar” ✧ LT1A/Valar (Ban)

Variations

• Ban ✧ LT1A/Valar; LT1A/Vána; QL/99; GL/21 (Ban); LT1A/Valar (Ban)

Related

• Gwala “one of the gods” includes their divine folk and children, hence often used of one of the lesser folk as opposed to Ban ✧ LT1A/Valar

Changes

• Banin >> Gwalin ✧ GL/32
• Banion >> Banin ✧ LT2A/Valar
• Banlim >> Bandrim ✧ LT2A/Valar; PE15/21
• Banion >> Banion ✧ PE15/21

Inflections

Bandrim	class-plural		✧ LT2A/Valar; PE15/21
Banlim	class-plural		✧ LT2A/Valar; PE15/21
Banlim	class-plural		✧ PE13/103
Banin	plural		✧ GL/18; GL/21; GL/32; LT1A/Valar
Banin	plural		✧ LT2A/Valar; PE15/21
Banion	plural		✧ LT2A/Valar; PE15/21
Vanion	soft-mutation genitive plural; b-mutation	“of ... Valar”	✧ GL/44

Element In

• G. Dor Banion ✧ GL/21 (Dor’Vanion); LT1A/Valar (Dor Vanion/Dor Banion)
• G. Bansil “Fairgleam” ✧ LT2A/Bansil
• G. i·walt na Vanion “the luck of the Valar” ✧ GL/44

Cognates

• ᴱQ. Vala “God” ✧ GL/18 (Valar); GL/21 (Valar); LT2A/Valar (Valar/Vali); PE13/103 (Valar); PE15/21 (Valar)
• ᴱQ. Vanar “Valar” ✧ LT1A/Vána; QL/99

Derivations

• < ᴱ√VANA “*beauty” ✧ QL/99

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√VANA > Ban-

[βan] > [ban]

✧ QL/99