hlimbë

adjective. sliding, gliding, slippery, sleek

Derivations

• ✶slimbi “sliding, gliding, slippery, sleek” ✧ NM/284

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶slimbi > hlimbë	[slimbi] > [slimbe] > [l̥imbe]	✧ NM/284

lingwë

fish

lingwë (stem *lingwi-, given the primitive form ¤liñwi) noun "fish" (LIW)

lingwë

noun. fish

A word for “fish” appearing in its plural form lingwi “fish” in notes on The Lands and Beasts of Númenor from 1965 (NM/336) and appearing as ᴹQ. lingwe “fish” from primitive ᴹ✶liñwi under the root ᴹ√LIW in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/LIW).

Conceptual Development: Tolkien had ᴱQ. ingwe “fish” under the early root ᴱ√IWI “fish” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/43), and this word was also mentioned in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/43). The word {engwe >>} ingwe appeared unglossed in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/145). ᴹQ. lingwe “fish” with initial l first emerged in The Etymologies of the 1930s, as noted above.

Derivations

• ᴹ√LIW “*fish”

Element in

• ᴺQ. cullingwë “goldfish”
• ᴺQ. lingwëa “fishlike”
• ᴺQ. lingwileuca “eel”
• ᴺQ. lingwimo “fisherman”
• ᴺQ. lingwiremnë “fishing”
• ᴺQ. mórolingwe “squid, (lit.) ink-fish”
• ᴺQ. telpingwë “silverfish”

linqui

wet

linqui ("q")adj. "wet" (MC:216; Tolkien's later Quenya has linquë.)

linquë

wet

linquë ("q") (1) adj. "wet" _(LINKWI). In early "Qenya", this word was glossed "water" (LT1:262)_, and "wet" was linqui or liquin, q.v.

liquin

wet

liquin ("q")adj. "wet" (LT1:262; Tolkien's later Quenya has linquë.)

mixa

wet

mixa ("ks")adj. "wet" (MISK); later sources have néna, nenya

nixi

name. fish

missë

wet, damp, rain

[missë] adj.ornoun "wet, damp, rain" (VT45:35)

ninda

adjective. wet

nenda

adjective. wet

Cognates

• S. nîn “wet, *watery” ✧ PE17/052

Derivations

• ✶nēnā “wet” ✧ PE17/052; PE17/167
  • √NEN “water, water, [ᴱ√] flow” ✧ PE17/052; PE17/167
• √NEN “water, water, [ᴱ√] flow” ✧ PE17/167

Element in

• ᴺQ. nendalaurë “golden water-flower, yellow iris”
• Q. Nindamos
• Q. Nindatalma “Wetwang, Nindalf” ✧ PE17/052

Elements

Word	Gloss
nén	“water, water, [ᴱQ.] river”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶nēnā > nenya	[nenja]	✧ PE17/052
√NĒ̆N > nenda	[nenda]	✧ PE17/167

Variations

• nenya ✧ PE17/052
• ninda ✧ PE17/052
• nēna ✧ PE17/167

nenya

wet

nenya adj. "wet" (PE17:52), also néna, q.v. Nenya as the name of a Ring of Power seems to imply *"(thing) related to water", since this Ring was associated with that element (SA:nen).

nenya

adjective. wet

néna

wet

néna adj. "wet" (PE17:167). Cf. nenya, mixa.

néna

adjective. wet

wet

wet

wet, see we #2

lhim

adjective. sliding, gliding, slippery, sleek

Derivations

• ✶slimbi “sliding, gliding, slippery, sleek” ✧ NM/284; NM/285

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶slimbi > lhim	[slimbi] > [slimbe] > [slimbe] > [l̥imb] > [l̥imm] > [l̥im]	✧ NM/284
✶limbi > limb > lim(m)	[limbi] > [limbe] > [limb] > [limm] > [lim]	✧ NM/285

Variations

• lim(m) ✧ NM/285

lim

noun. fish

limp

adjective. wet

loen

adjective. soaking wet, swamped

nîn

adjective. wet, watery

nîn

wet

_ adj. _wet. Q. nenya. >> Nindalf

lim

noun. fish

Element in

• ᴺS. limmeg “young fish, small fry”

limp

adjective. wet

limp

wet

(no distinct pl. form).

hâl

fish

(noun) hâl (i châl, o châl, construct hal), pl. hail (i chail) (VT45:20); also lim (no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. limmath). Note: a homophone means ”clear, sparkling, light”.

hâl

fish

(i châl, o châl, construct hal), pl. hail (i chail) (VT45:20); also lim (no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. limmath). Note: a homophone means ”clear, sparkling, light”.

loen

soaking wet

(swamped), no distinct pl. form.

mesc

wet

1) mesc (lenited vesc, pl. misc). Also spelt mesg. 2) limp (no distinct pl. form). 3)

mesc

wet

(lenited vesc, pl. misc). Also spelt mesg.

nîd

wet

nîd (damp, tearful); no distinct pl. form. 4) nîn (watery); no distinct pl. form. Note: nîn is also used as a noun ”tear”; there is also the possessive pronoun nín ”my”.

nîd

wet

(damp, tearful); no distinct pl. form. 4) nîn (watery); no distinct pl. form. Note: nîn is also used as a noun ”tear”; there is also the possessive pronoun nín ”my”.

slimbi

adjective. sliding, gliding, slippery, sleek

Derivatives

• Q. hlimbë “sliding, gliding, slippery, sleek” ✧ NM/284
• S. lhim “sliding, gliding, slippery, sleek” ✧ NM/284; NM/285

Variations

• limbi ✧ NM/285

nēnā

adjective. wet

Derivations

• √NEN “water, water, [ᴱ√] flow” ✧ PE17/052; PE17/167

Derivatives

• Q. nenda “wet” ✧ PE17/052; PE17/167
• S. nîn “wet, *watery” ✧ PE17/052

Variations

• nēna ✧ PE17/167

lhim

noun. fish

lhim

noun. fish

A noun appearing as N. lhim “fish” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from primitive ᴹ✶liñwi of the same meaning (Ety/LIW), where the labialized velar ñw (> ñgw) became the labial m (< mb) and the initial l unvoiced to lh.

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, Tolkien had G. ing “fish” (GL/51), cognate to ᴱQ. ingwe of the same meaning (QL/43). In Gnomish labialized velars only became labials in limited circumstances, so the primitive ng survived.

Neo-Sindarin: Since the unvoicing of initial liquids did not occur in Sindarin, many people adapt this word as ᴺS. lim “fish” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, as suggested in HSD (HSD).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. lingwe “fish” ✧ Ety/LIW

Derivations

• ᴹ✶liñwi “fish” ✧ Ety/LIW
  • ᴹ√LIW “*fish” ✧ Ety/LIW

Element in

• N. lhimlug “fish-dragon, sea-serpent” ✧ Ety/LOK

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶liñwi > lhimb > lhim	[liŋwi] > [liŋgwi] > [liŋgwe] > [limbe] > [limb] > [l̥imb] > [l̥imb] > [l̥imm] > [l̥im]	✧ Ety/LIW

lhimb

noun. fish

lhimp

adjective. wet

lhimp

adjective. wet

Cognates

• ᴹQ. linqe “wet, wet, [ᴱQ.] flowing; water, stream” ✧ Ety/LINKWI

Derivations

• ᴹ√LINKWI “*wet” ✧ Ety/LINKWI
  • ᴹ√LIN “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√LINKWI > lhimp	[liŋkwi] > [liŋkwe] > [limpe] > [limpʰe] > [limɸe] > [limfe] > [limf] > [l̥imf] > [l̥imp] > [l̥imp]	✧ Ety/LINKWI

hâl

noun. fish

hâl

noun. fish

A noun for “fish” appearing on the front page of The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶khala (EtyAC/KHAL¹). As such, it was probably based on the root ᴹ√KHAL “(small) fish” (Ety/KHAL¹), but may have transferred to ᴹ√SKAL “small fish” when Tolkien revised that root (Ety/SKAL²).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. hala “(small) fish” ✧ EtyAC/KHAL¹

Derivations

• ᴹ✶skala “fish” ✧ EtyAC/KHAL¹
  • ᴹ√SKAL “small fish” ✧ EtyAC/KHAL¹

Element in

• N. heledir(n) “kingsfisher, (lit.) fish-watcher”
• ᴺS. torchal “shark or other large predatory fish”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶khala > hâl	[kʰala] > [xala] > [xal] > [xāl] > [hāl]	✧ EtyAC/KHAL¹

mesc

adjective. wet

mesc

adjective. wet

mesg

adjective. wet

mesg

adjective. wet

@@@ mesc may be alternate form

Cognates

• ᴹQ. miksa “wet, wet, *damp” ✧ Ety/MISK; EtyAC/MISK

Derivations

• ᴹ√MISIK “*wet” ✧ Ety/MISK

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√MISK > mesc > mesg	[miska] > [meska] > [mesk] > [mesg]	✧ Ety/MISK
ᴹ√MISK > miss	[misse] > [miss]	✧ Ety/MISK

Variations

• miss ✧ EtyAC/MISK (miss)

nenui

adjective. wet

Element in

• N. Palath Nenui “Wetwang” ✧ TI/268

Elements

Word	Gloss
nen	“water”
-ui	“adjective suffix”

Variations

• Nenui ✧ TI/268