[Quenya] Devising an appropriately regal name

[NovumChase]

Máriessë!

I am a learning amateur in Quenya (and in Tolkien's languages generally), and I greatly admire the flow and sound that they bear. I am working on a poetic narrative that will feature the appearance of an elder sky-being, unlike any other that appears in the story, and I would love to use a name rooted in Quenya to accentuate that difference.

How might I devise a Quenya name that means "hunter from the clouds" or otherwise features one or both of those elements? Particularly attractive are fána and fanya to capture "cloud", though I have no knowledge of Quenya name-formation and would much appreciate the counsel of any students of the language!

 

[Ent]

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[Tyelkormo the Fair]

In the meantime, I suggest you use parf edhellen which is the best elven dictionary out there.

 

[Gilruin]

For ‘cloud’ you already found fanya, for ‘to hunt’ we have fara- from which we can farando ‘hunter’ → Fanyafarando is what I would suggest.

 

[NovumChase]

. . . Fanyafarando is what I would suggest.

Thank you, friend! This is a great answer.