A word for “snow-white” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of ᴱQ. niqilis “fine snow” and ᴱQ. ninqe “white” (QL/66).
Early Quenya
losse
noun. rose; (white) flower
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ√LASA “*leaf”
Element in
- Eq. Endillos “Flower of the Plain”
- Eq. kampilosse “wild-rose” ✧ QL/044
- Eq. losille “rose” ✧ PME/056; QL/056
- Eq. ni·hepsine nímo tanko i·mailinen losselin “(it was) I myself (that) bound firmly the beautiful flowers” ✧ PE14/056
- Eq. silqelossea “with hair like white flowers” ✧ PE16/100
Variations
- lossë ✧ LT2A/Lôs (
lossë)- Losse ✧ PE13/102 (Losse)
lossa
adjective. white
Derivations
- ᴱ√LOSO
Element in
- Eq. losselie telerinwa “the white people of the shores of Elfland” ✧ MC/216; PE16/092
- Eq. ondoli losse karkane “the white rocks snarling” ✧ MC/213
losille
noun. rose
niqileninqe
adjective. snow-white
fáwe
noun. snow
A Qenya noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, cognate to G. fô “snow” (GL/35).
Cognates
- G. fô “snow” ✧ GL/35
Derivations
- ᴱ√ǶAWA “snow”
Element in
- Eq. fauta- “to snow” ✧ GL/35
niqis
noun. snow
Derivations
- ᴱ√NIQI “white” ✧ LT1A/Taniquetil; QL/066
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√NIQI > niqis [niqiss] > [niqis] ✧ QL/066 Variations
- niqis- ✧ PME/066
ninqe
adjective. white
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ√NIQI “white” ✧ LT1A/Taniquetil; QL/066
Element in
- Eq. kildo kirya ninqe “a white ship one saw” ✧ MC/220; PE16/056; PE16/057; PE16/060; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074
- Eq. kirilde tinwelinqe ✧ PE16/056
- Eq. man kiluva kirya ninqe? “Who shall see a white ship?” ✧ MC/213; MC/213
- Eq. máno kiluvando ninqe lutya kirya wilwarindon “*who shall see a white ship sailing like a butterfly” ✧ PE16/077
- Eq. nieninqe “snowdrop, (lit.) white tear” ✧ LT1A/Nielíqui; LT1A/Taniquetil
- Eq. ninqeru “male personified form of white” ✧ PE16/100
- Eq. niqileninqe “snow-white” ✧ QL/066
- Eq. ondolin ninqanéron “the rocks lay white” ✧ PE16/062; PE16/072
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√NIQI > ninqe [niŋkʷi] > [niŋkʷe] ✧ QL/066 Variations
- ninqë ✧ LT1A/Nielíqui; LT1A/Taniquetil
- ninkve ✧ PE16/072; PE16/072; PE16/077
A variant of ᴱQ. losse “rose” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s (QL/56; PME/56). In later writings lossë was associated with white flowers, not roses.