Q. findelë n. “tress, lock [of hair]” (Category: Hair)
A word for “a head of hair, a person’s hair as a whole” appearing in The Shibboleth of Fëanor from 1968 (PM/345). In notes from 1965 Tolkien instead gave Q. findilë (with an i) for “head of hair” (PE17/17).
Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, Tolkien had ᴱQ. findl “lock of hair” under the early root ᴱ√FIŘI [FIÐI] (QL/38). In the contemporaneous Name-list to the Fall of Gondolin he had ᴱQ. findil “lock” (PE15/24).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would use findelë for a lock or tress of hair, and 1968 findessë for a full head of hair (PM/345); see the entry for findë for more suggestions on the application (Neo) Quenya hair words.
References ✧ PE17/17, 119
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| findë | “hair (especially of the head), tress or plait of hair” | ✧ PE17/119 |
| -lë | “abstract noun, adverb” |
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| ✶espin-delē > phindele | [spindelē] > [ɸindelē] > [ɸindele] > [findele] | ✧ PE17/17 |
ᴱQ. findl n. “lock of hair, tress” (Category: Hair)
References ✧ LT2A/Glorfindel; PE15/24; QL/38
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| ᴱ√FIŘI > findl | [ɸinðǝl] > [ɸinðl] > [ɸinðḷ] > [ɸinðḷ] > [finðḷ] > [findḷ] | ✧ QL/38 |