nai

interjection. alas

Cognates

• N. nae “alas” ✧ Ety/NAY

Derivations

• ᴹ√NAY “lament” ✧ Ety/NAY

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√NAY > nai	[nai]	✧ Ety/NAY

nai

adverb. *may it be

Element in

• ᴹQ. nai hiruvalle Valimar; nai elle hiruva ✧ VT24/05; VT24/05

Variations

• Nai ✧ VT24/05

sana

adjective. that

Element in

• ᴹQ. aldar olar sana nóresse “trees grow in that land” ✧ PE22/116

i

pronoun. that

Element in

• ᴹQ. he·meruvar i Túro kárathe “they will wish that T. is (then) making it” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. isse “where”
• ᴹQ. le·merne i ni·karnéte “you wished that I had made (lit. made) it” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. malkar i·aldar i·ólar nóressella “how great are the trees that grow in your land?” ✧ PE22/124
• ᴹQ. manar i·ennor/lie i me·kenner “who (are or were) the persons/people that we saw?” ✧ PE22/124
• ᴹQ. mennai Orome tanna lende i erenekkoitanie “until Orome came hither that he might awake them” ✧ VT27/07
• ᴹQ. me·merner i Túro kárathe “we wished that Turo was making it” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. me·merner i Túro tule “we wished that Turo come” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. ni·mere in e·karithe “I wish him to do it/that he do(es) it” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. ni·mere in e·tule “I wish him to come/that he come(s)” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. vahaia nóre ëa i a-esta Valinor “far away (there) is a land called Valinor” ✧ PE22/124

Variations

• i ✧ PE22/118; PE22/124; PE22/124; VT27/07
• in ✧ PE22/118

in

pronoun. that

sa

pronoun. that

Element in

• ᴹQ. me·láner fasta sa yára Túro “we were not pleased [that old Túro...]” ✧ PE22/119
• ᴹQ. ni qente (sa) e·tule “I said he is coming, I said (that) he was coming” ✧ PE22/119
• ᴹQ. ni qente (sa) e·tulle “I said he came, I stated that (at some time previous to my speaking) he came (but was no longer present)” ✧ PE22/119
• ᴹQ. ni qente (sa) e·utúlie “I said he had come” ✧ PE22/119
• ᴹQ. ni qete (sa) e·tule “I say (that) he is coming” ✧ PE22/119
• ᴹQ. san “*then”