-il

suffix. *(feminine) patronymic

Element in

• Eq. Indorildo

-ni

suffix. feminine suffix

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.

Element in

• Eq. heruni “lady” ✧ QL/040
• Eq. kuruni “witch” ✧ QL/049
• Eq. ettani “female cousin” ✧ QL/036
• Eq. haruni “grandmother” ✧ QL/039
• Eq. hestani “sister” ✧ QL/040
• Eq. túrani “queen” ✧ QL/095
• Eq. varyani “foreigner (fem.)” ✧ QL/100
• Eq. veruni “wife” ✧ QL/101
• Eq. vestani “*bride” ✧ QL/101

Elements

Word	Gloss
nî	“woman”

-si

suffix. feminine suffix

A feminine suffix in several words from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s such as ᴱQ. felusi “witch” (QL/38) and ᴱQ. varitsi “foreigner (fem.)” (QL/100).

Element in

• Eq. felusi “witch” ✧ QL/038
• Eq. varitsi “foreigner (fem.)” ✧ QL/100
• Eq. yaksi “cow” ✧ QL/105

Variations

• -tsi ✧ QL/100 (-tsi)

-tsi

suffix. feminine suffix

qen

noun. Elf

Cognates

• G. Cwenn “Elf” ✧ GL/32; PE13/099; PE14/009
• En. Gwenn “Elf” ✧ PE13/146

Derivations

• ᴱ✶Gwendi ✧ PE13/146

Element in

• Eq. Qenya “Elvish”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ✶Gwendi- > Qen	[gʷend] > [gʷen] > [kʷen]	✧ PE13/146

Variations

• qende ✧ PE14/009

qende

noun. Elf

-sse

suffix. feminine suffix

Element in

• Eq. heresse “sister” ✧ QL/040
• Eq. Lotesse ✧ QL/055

Variations

• -sse ✧ QL/040 (-sse); QL/055 (-sse)

matl

noun. food

Cognates

• G. madri “food, edibles; a meal”

Derivations

• ᴱ√MATA “eat” ✧ QL/059

Element in

• Eq. koisimatl “animal food” ✧ QL/059
• Eq. lausimatl “vegetable food” ✧ QL/059

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ√MATA > matl	[matlǝ] > [matl] > [matḷ] > [matḷ]	✧ QL/059

matso

noun. food

Changes

• masta → matso “food” ✧ PE16/141

Variations

• masta ✧ PE16/141 (masta)