An adjective in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with the gloss “lowly, valley (aj.), dale (aj.)” and variants nalda and nalba, both derived from the root ᴱ√NḶĐḶ (QL/66).
Early Quenya
nal
noun. dale, dell
nalda
adjective. lowly, valley (aj.), dale (aj.)
nala-
verb. to sing or ring
nalie
noun. playing of tunes, ringing of bells
nalto fustúme ma melkon i
*they can be smelled out by Melko whom
nalba
adjective. lowly, valley (aj.), dale (aj.)
nalle
noun. dell
umbe
noun. dale, dell
lóm
noun. echo
e-
verb. to be
mauya-
verb. to cry
ná-
verb. to be, exist
tumbo
noun. dale, vale
ó-
verb. to be
sunqelaine
noun. sunset
In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s there were a pair of similar nouns derived from the root ᴱ√NḶĐḶ: ᴱQ. nal (nald-) “dale, dell” and ᴱQ. nalle “dell” (QL/66). The latter was derived from ᴱ✶nḷdle and the former probably from ✱nḷd-. The word nalle also appeared unglossed in Early Qenya Word-lists from the 1920s (PE16/144).