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'''fanga''' is the [[Quenya]] word for "beard" | __NOTOC__ | ||
'''fanga''' is the [[Quenya]] word for "beard". | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
[[PQ]] ''[[spangâ]]'', perhaps from even earlier *''spanagâ''; [[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[SPÁNAG]]<ref>{{HM|LR}}, [[The Etymologies]]</ref> | [[PQ]] ''[[spangâ]]'', perhaps from even earlier *''spanagâ''; [[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[SPÁNAG]].<ref>{{HM|LR}}, [[The Etymologies]]</ref> | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
*''[[Andafangar]]'' "[[Longbeards]]" | *''[[Andafangar]]'' "[[Longbeards]]" | ||
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*[[Sindarin]] ''[[fang]]'' | *[[Sindarin]] ''[[fang]]'' | ||
==Other version== | ==Other version== | ||
Earlier names for "beard" were ''poa''<ref name="GL">[[Gnomish Lexicon]]</ref> and ''vanga''<ref>{{HM|LT2}}</ref><ref name="GL"/> | Earlier names for "beard" were ''poa''.<ref name="GL">[[Gnomish Lexicon]]</ref> and ''vanga''<ref>{{HM|LT2}}</ref><ref name="GL"/> | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:44, 8 November 2012
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]
