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'''fanga''' is the [[Quenya]] word for "beard"
'''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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Revision as of 10:36, 15 July 2011

fanga is the Quenya word for "beard".

Etymology

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

Examples

Cognates

Other version

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

References