Eldamo : Neo-Quenya : huiva

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] huiva adj. “murky, *(nearly) lightless” (Category: Dark, Murky)

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] huiva, adj. “murky, *(nearly) lightless” (Category: Dark, Murky)

See ᴱQ. huiva for discussion.

huiva “murky, *(nearly) lightless” vs. Q. úcalima “dim, murky”

Derivations

< √PHUY “breathe out”

ᴱQ. huiva adj. “murky” (Category: Dark, Murky)

A word in the Qenya Lexicon appearing as ᴱQ. huiva “murky”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. hui “dark, murk, fog” (QL/41). It appeared in a variant form fuiva in the name ᴱQ. Ungwe Fuiva “the Spider of Night” (QL/80; PME/104).

Neo-Quenya: Given that the root √PHUY and the related word Q. huinë “gloom, deep shadow” continues to appear in Tolkien’s later writings, I think ᴺQ. huiva could still be used in Neo-Quenya. However, since huinë was used for a deep darkness such as a night without stars or moon (VT41/8), I think huiva should be limited to describing lightless or nearly lightless conditions. Obscured or very weak light (dim, gloomy) would be Q. úcalima or lómëa.

References ✧ LT1A/Fui; PME/104; QL/41

Glosses

“murky” ✧ LT1A/Fui; QL/41

Variations

huiva ✧ LT1A/Fui; QL/41
Fuiva ✧ PME/104

Elements

hui	“dark, murk, fog; night, evening”	✧ LT1A/Fui; QL/41
-va	“adjectival”	✧ QL/41 (#-va)

Element In

ᴱQ. Ungwe Fuiva “the Spider of Night” ✧ PME/104

Cognates

G. huith “fog”
G. fuin¹ “secret, dark; hoarded” ✧ LT1A/Fui