návë "being", *"to be", infinitive (or gerund) of ná; see ná #1. (PE17:68)
Quenya
ëala
being, spirit
návë
being
návë
noun. being
Cognates
- ᴺS. nast “being (abstract); being (creature)”
Element in
- Q. colbanavië “gestation, *(lit.) womb-being”
Elements
Word Gloss ná- “to be, to be, [ᴱQ.] exist” -vë “abstract noun, adverb” Variations
- nāve ✧ PE17/068
ëasta
noun. being, existence
Element in
- ᴺQ. iluasta “omnipresence”
Elements
Word Gloss ëa- “to be, exist, to be, exist, [ᴹQ.] have being, be found extant in the real world” -sta “verbal noun suffix”
ëala noun "being, spirit" (pl. ëalar is attested), spirits whose natural state it is to exist without a physical body, like Balrogs (MR:165). The word apparently originates from the participle of ëa, q.v.