Quenya
aranisquë
noun. frankincense
Elements
Word Gloss ar(a)- “noble, high” nisquë “incense, *(lit.) sweet smoke”
ninquima
noun. frankincense
Elements
Word Gloss ninquë “white; chill, cold; pallid” ma “something, a thing; anything”
aranisquë
noun. frankincense
Elements
Word Gloss ar(a)- “noble, high” nisquë “incense, *(lit.) sweet smoke”
ninquima
noun. frankincense
Elements
Word Gloss ninquë “white; chill, cold; pallid” ma “something, a thing; anything”
A neologism coined by Paul Strack in 2022 specifically for Eldamo, a combination of ar(a)- “noble, high” and nisquë “incense”, mirroring the etymology of frankincense itself (“frank” is Old French for “noble, true”). Helge Fauskanger instead used ᴺQ. ninquima in his NQNT (NQNT), but that seems to be ninquë “white” + ma (unprocessed frankincense is white), which I find unsatisfying etymologically.