An adverbial form of ᴱQ. naika “stricken ill, sick” (PE16/75), hence meaning “✱sickly”. It appeared in the first version of the Oilima Markirya poem from around 1930 (MC/221).
Early Quenya
naika
noun. dagger
Cognates
- G. gaig “weapon, tool” ✧ GL/37
Derivations
- ᴱ√ŊAHYA “hurt, grieve”
Variations
- naika ✧ GL/37
naika
adjective. stricken ill, sick
Derivations
- ᴱ√ŊAHYA “hurt, grieve”
Element in
- Eq. naiko “*sickly” ✧ PE16/075
Variations
- naika ✧ PE16/075
naiko
adverb. *sickly
Changes
naika→ noiko ✧ PE16/060Element in
- Eq. kildo kirya noiko ✧ PE16/060
- Eq. taitelúmen san tollanta ranka naiko lunganár “*the firmament then leans sickly on broken hill[s]” ✧ PE16/077
- Eq. telumen tollanta naiko lunganar “the vault of heaven sagged upon the tops of the hills” ✧ MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074
Variations
- noiko ✧ PE16/060
- naika ✧ PE16/061 (
naika)- näikö ✧ PE16/072
noiko
adverb. *sickly
A word glossed “stricken ill, sick” in notes associated with drafts of the Oilima Markirya poem (PE16/75). It might be related to the early root ᴱ√NAẎA as suggested by the editors.