Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Early Quenya

naika

noun. dagger

Early Quenya [GL/37] Group: Eldamo. Published by

naika

adjective. stricken ill, sick

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.

Early Quenya [PE16/075] Group: Eldamo. Published by

naiko

adverb. *sickly

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 [MC/221; PE16/060; PE16/061; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/075; PE16/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noiko

adverb. *sickly