A common feminine suffix in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s in words like varyani “foreigner (fem.)”, probably a suffixal form of ᴱQ. nî “woman” (GL/60) and often paired with its masculine equivalent ᴱQ. -nu.
Early Quenya
-il
suffix. *(feminine) patronymic
niqissea
adjective. snowy
-ni
suffix. feminine suffix
-si
suffix. feminine suffix
-sse
suffix. feminine suffix
-tsi
suffix. feminine suffix
ar
noun. child
arne
noun. child
avestalis
noun. January
e-
verb. to be
fantur
proper name. Tu??il
hil(de)
noun. child
il(l)aika
adjective. blunt
il(l)oite
adjective. withered, dead
An adjective in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “withered, dead” (QL/41), an negation of ᴱQ. loite “fresh” (QL/52).
il-
prefix. un-; negative prefix
lunde niq(il)issea
proper name. January
matl
noun. food
matso
noun. food
niq(il)issea
adjective. *snowy
on(t)
noun. everything
qen
noun. Elf
qende
noun. Elf
ó-
verb. to be
ú-
prefix. un-
úv-
prefix. un-
A word for “snowy” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. niqis “snow” (QL/66).