A feminizing suffix for pronominal forms in Quenya Personal Pronouns (QPP1) from the late 1940s (PE23/102), so that for example mane “who (neutral)” could become manie “who (female)” and ane “someone” could become anie “someone (female)”. It is probably based on the contemporaneous feminine primitive suffix ✶-eye. The suffix -nie replaced a rejected variant -re (PE23/102 note #37).
Qenya
inya
adjective. female
inya
pronoun. my (emphatic possessive), my
inyalemīne rāmar aldaron
inyalemīne rāmar aldaron
inyali ettulielle turme mārien
inyali ettulielle turme mārien
inya atarenna
to my father
inya karie·te
I am to (have to) make it
inye
pronoun. I (emphatic)
ninya
pronoun. my (emphatic possessive), my [independent possessive]; [ᴺQ.] mine
ha inya karite
I am to (have to) make it
atar
noun. father
-(n)ikka
suffix. small
-nie
suffix. female
mitsa
adjective. small
rea
noun/adjective. female
wenda
adjective. female
An adjective for “female” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from the root ᴹ√INI “female” (Ety/INI).
Conceptual Development: In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, Tolkien gave a similar form ᴱQ. qinya “female”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. qin “woman” (PE16/135).
In drafts for the first version of Quenya Personal Pronouns (QPP1) from the late 1940s, Tolkien had various adjectival forms based on the root ᴹ√(G)ERE/(G)RÉ “bear, produce” such as ᴹQ. rea “female”, réna, or ᴹQ. ríte “female [of any kind]” (PE23/87), but the relevant sections were rejected and there are no signs of the root ᴹ√RÉ in the revised text.