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Qenya 

-nye

suffix. I

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶ni “I” ✧ Ety/NI²

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶NĪ² > nyē-[nje]✧ Ety/NI²

Variations

  • nyē- ✧ EtyAC/NI²

i

article. the

Cognates

  • N. i “the” ✧ Ety/I¹

Derivations

  • ᴹ√I “that (deictic particle); [ᴱ√] here it is, root of relatives” ✧ Ety/I¹

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√I > i[i]✧ Ety/I¹

Variations

  • i ✧ Ety/I¹; LR/072; LR/072; PE21/69; PE22/106; PE22/108; PE22/116; PE22/120; PE22/121; PE22/124
  • i- ✧ LR/072
  • ✧ LR/199
  • i{n} ✧ VT28/11
Qenya [Ety/I¹; LR/072; LR/199; PE21/69; PE22/106; PE22/108; PE22/116; PE22/120; PE22/121; PE22/124; VT28/11] Group: Eldamo. Published by

i

pronoun. that

Element in

Variations

  • i ✧ PE22/118; PE22/124; PE22/124; VT27/07
  • in ✧ PE22/118
Qenya [PE22/118; PE22/124; VT27/07] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ni

pronoun. I

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶ni “I”

Element in

Variations

  • ✧ PE22/120
Qenya [LR/072; PE21/61; PE22/092; PE22/097; PE22/104; PE22/115; PE22/118; PE22/119; PE22/120; PE22/121; PE22/122; PE22/123; PE22/125; PE22/127; SD/056] Group: Eldamo. Published by

in

pronoun. that

nis

noun. woman

Cognates

  • On. ndissa “young woman” ✧ Ety/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS
  • N. dess “young woman” ✧ Ety/NDIS

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NDIS “*bride” ✧ Ety/NDIS
    • ᴹ√NĪ/INI “female” ✧ Ety/BES
    • ᴹ√NIS “woman” ✧ Ety/NIS
  • ᴹ√NIS “woman” ✧ Ety/NDIS; Ety/NĪ¹; Ety/NIS

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NDIS-SĒ/SĀ > nisse[ndisse] > [nisse]✧ Ety/NDIS
ᴹ√NIS/NĪ > nis[niss] > [nis]✧ Ety/NDIS
ᴹ√NIS > nis[niss] > [nis]✧ Ety/NĪ¹
ᴹ√NIS > nisse[nisse]✧ Ety/NĪ¹
ᴹ√NIS > nis[niss] > [nis]✧ Ety/NIS

Variations

  • nisse ✧ Ety/NDIS; Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NIS (nisse)
Qenya [Ety/NDIS; Ety/NĪ¹; Ety/NIS; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NIS; PE21/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

inye

pronoun. I (emphatic)

Element in

Qenya [LR/061; PE22/121] Group: Eldamo. Published by

íre

conjunction. when

Cognates

  • S. ir “?when, while”

Element in

Variations

  • íre ✧ LR/072; LR/072

nisse

noun. woman

nye

pronoun. me, I

Element in

Variations

  • nyé ✧ PE22/119; PE22/122
Qenya [PE22/119; PE22/120; PE22/122] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kainen

cardinal. ten

Cognates

  • N. caer “ten” ✧ Ety/KAYAN

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KAYAN “ten” ✧ Ety/KAYAN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KAYAN > kainen[kainen]✧ Ety/KAYAN

an-

prefix. intensive prefix

Derivations

  • ᴹ√A “intensive prefix” ✧ EtyAC/A
  • ᴹ√N- “intensive” ✧ EtyAC/N; PE19/055

Element in

  • ᴹQ. ampano “building (especially of wood), wooden hall, construction, edifice” ✧ EtyAC/N
  • ᴹQ. Ankale “Radiant-one, Sun, (lit.) The Very Bright” ✧ EtyAC/A; EtyAC/N
  • ᴹQ. antaro “high mountain, peak, high mountain, peak, *(lit.) great height” ✧ EtyAC/N
  • ᴹQ. parka “dry; thirsty” ✧ EtyAC/A
  • ᴹQ. tára “lofty, high” ✧ EtyAC/N
  • ᴹQ. unqale “death agony, agony, death” ✧ EtyAC/N

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√A > an[an-]✧ EtyAC/A
ᴹ√N- > an-[ṇd-] > [and-]✧ EtyAC/N
ᴹ√N- > um[ṃb-] > [umb-]✧ EtyAC/N
ᴹ√N- > [ŋ̣g-] > [iŋg-]✧ EtyAC/N
ᴹ√nŏ- > > > an[ṇd-] > [and-]✧ PE19/055

Variations

  • an ✧ EtyAC/A; PE18/042; PE19/055
  • am ✧ EtyAC/A; PE18/042; PE19/055
  • ✧ EtyAC/A; PE19/055
  • um ✧ EtyAC/N
  • ✧ EtyAC/N
  • ✧ PE18/042
Qenya [EtyAC/A; EtyAC/N; PE18/042; PE19/055] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mana

pronoun. who

Element in

ná-

verb. to be

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NĀ/ANA “be, exist” ✧ Ety/NĀ²
  • ᴹ✶ “was; then, ago” ✧ PE22/096

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NĀ² > [nā]✧ Ety/NĀ²
ᴹ✶nḗ > [nē]✧ PE22/096

Variations

  • ✧ Ety/NĀ²
Qenya [Ety/NĀ²; PE22/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sa

pronoun. that

Element in

sana

adjective. that

Element in

ye-

verb. to be

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ “to be” ✧ PE22/123

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√YE > [jē]✧ PE22/123

Variations

  • ✧ PE22/123 ()
Qenya [LR/072; PE22/011; PE22/107; PE22/115; PE22/117; PE22/119; PE22/120; PE22/123] Group: Eldamo. Published by