ᴹQ. huan (hún-) n. “hound” (Category: Dog)
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “hound” derived from primitive ᴹ✶khugan under the root ᴹ√KHUG “bark, bay” (Ety/KHUGAN). It was followed a parenthetical form (húnen), likely a genitive, indicating a stem form of hún-. This word served as the basis for the name of the great Valinorian hound Huan.
Conceptual Development: The forms huan and {hwan >>} huan appeared in both the Qenya Lexicon and Qenya Phonology of the 1910s, but in both cases this word was revised to ᴱQ. fan (fand-) “dog” (QL/37; PE12/26). This word was derived from the early root ᴱ√SAẆA < sǝwǝ (QL/82) and primitive forms ᴱ✶swandǝ (PE12/26) or ᴱ✶swǝnd- (QL/82). The vacillation from huan to fan reflects Tolkien’s uncertainty on the development of initial sw- in Early Qenya, either to hw- > hu- or to f- (PE12/26 note #26). The form ᴱQ. huan (huand-) “dog” appeared in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/132). It appeared again in The Etymologies, with a new gloss “hound”, a revised derivation and a new stem form hún- (see above).
References ✧ Ety/KHUGAN; PE23/98
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Inflections
| húnen | genitive | ✧ Ety/KHUGAN | |
| húnen | genitive | ✧ Ety/KHUGAN | |
| huanin | nominative plural | “dogs” | ✧ PE23/98 |
| huani | plural | “dogs” | ✧ PE23/98 |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√KHUGAN > huan | [kʰugan] > [xugan] > [xuɣan] > [xuan] > [huan] | ✧ Ety/KHUGAN |
| ᴹ✶khugan > huan | [kʰugan] > [xugan] > [xuɣan] > [xuan] > [huan] | ✧ Ety/KHUGAN |
ᴱQ. huan (huand-) n. “dog” (Category: Dog)
References ✧ PE12/26; PE16/132; QL/37
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Inflections
| huandi | plural | ✧ PE16/132 |
| huand- | stem | ✧ QL/37 |
Element In
Cognates
ᴱQ. fan (fand-) n. “dog” (Category: Dog)
References ✧ PE12/26; QL/37, 82
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| Fand- | stem | ✧ QL/37 |
| fand- | stem | ✧ PE12/26; QL/82 |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ✶swandǝ > fan | [swandǝ] > [swand] > [fand] > [fan] | ✧ PE12/26 |