Q. fanta- v. (ta-formative) “to veil, cloak, mantle” (Category: to Hide, Conceal)

Q. fanta-, v. (ta-formative) “to veil, cloak, mantle; [ᴺQ.] to muffle” (Category: to Hide, Conceal)

References ✧ PE17/174-176, 179-180; VT43/22

Glosses

• “to veil, cloak” ✧ PE17/174
• “veil, cloak, mantle” ✧ PE17/179; VT43/22

Variations

• fanta- ✧ PE17/174; PE17/179; VT43/22; PE17/176 (fanta-)

Inflections

fantanē-	past		✧ PE17/180: later [weak] past tense substituted for older strong past tense
†fāne-	past; strong-past		✧ PE17/180
fantaner	past plural	“cloaked”	✧ PE17/174
fantaner	past plural	“veiled”	✧ PE17/175
afāniē-	perfect; strong-perfect		✧ PE17/180

Elements

√PHAN	“cover, screen, veil; white, (light white) shape; shape, vision”	✧ PE17/179
✶-tă	“verb suffix (intransitive)”	✧ PE17/180

Element In

• Q. terfantië “*temptation”
• Q. úfantima “not concealable” ✧ PE17/176 (úfantima)
• Q. Valar ar Maiar fantaner nassentar fanainen ve quenderinwe coar ar larmar “Valar and Maiar cloaked their true-being in veils, like to Elvish bodies and raiment” ✧ PE17/174; PE17/175

Cognates

• S. *fanna- “to veil, cloak” ✧ PE17/174 (fanha-)

Derivations

• < √PHAN “cover, screen, veil; white, (light white) shape; shape, vision” ✧ VT43/22
  • < √PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)” ✧ NM/237
• < ✶phantā- “to veil, cloak” ✧ PE17/174
  • < √PHAN “cover, screen, veil; white, (light white) shape; shape, vision” ✧ PE17/173
    • < √PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)” ✧ NM/237

Phonetic Developments

✶phantā- > fanta-	[pʰanta-] > [ɸanta-] > [fanta-]	✧ PE17/174
√phan- > fanta-	[pʰanta-] > [ɸanta-] > [fanta-]	✧ VT43/22