Eldamo : Quenya : finya-

Q. finya- v. “to do/make a thing (with fine work)” (Category: to Do, Make)

Q. finya-, v. “to do/make a thing (with fine work)” (Category: to Do, Make)

A verb in Notes on Names (NN) from 1957 glossed “to do a thing / make a thing (with fine work)”, derived from the root √PHIN “clever, fine, delicate” (PE17/181).

Reference ✧ PE17/181 ✧ “to do a thing / make a thing (with fine work)”

Derivations

< √PHIN¹ “clever, skillful; neat, fine, delicate; skill, dexterity” ✧ PE17/181 (PHĬN)

Phonetic Developments

√PHĬN > finya-

[pʰinja-] > [ɸinja-] > [finja-]

✧ PE17/181