fanga

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fanga is the Quenya word for "beard".

Etymology[edit | edit source]

PQ spangâ, perhaps from even earlier *spanagâ; Root SPÁNAG.[1]

Examples[edit | edit source]

Cognates[edit | edit source]

Other version[edit | edit source]

Earlier names for "beard" were poa.[2] and vanga[3][2]

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, The Etymologies
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gnomish Lexicon
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two
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