nanwa

existing, actual (true)

nanwa adj. "existing, actual (true)" (VT49:30). Compare the near-synonym anwa.

nanwa

adjective. existing, actual (true), existing, actual (true), *real; [️ᴱQ.] being

Cognates

• ᴺS. nanu “truth”
• ᴺS. nanwen “true”

Element in

• ᴺQ. nanwavë “truly, actually”
• ᴺQ. nanwië “reality”
• ᴺQ. sinanwa “present, in a particular place, existing or occurring now”

Variations

• nanwa ✧ VT49/30

nanwa

noun. a (large) bowl

A word for “a (large) bowl or similar artifact” in notes from the late 1960s, derived from primitive ✶nadmā based on the root √NAD “hollow” (NM/351).

Derivations

• ✶nadmā “a (large) bowl” ✧ NM/351
  • √NAD “hollow (of structures or natural features more or less concave with rising sides)” ✧ NM/351

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶nadmā > nanwa	[nadmā] > [nanmā] > [nanwā] > [nanwa]	✧ NM/351

Variations

• nanwa ✧ NM/351

návë

being

návë "being", *"to be", infinitive (or gerund) of ná; see ná #1. (PE17:68)

návë

noun. being

Cognates

• ᴺS. nast “being (abstract); being (creature)”

Element in

• Q. colbanavië “gestation, *(lit.) womb-being”

Elements

Word	Gloss
ná-	“to be, to be, [ᴱQ.] exist”
-vë	“abstract noun, adverb”

Variations

• nāve ✧ PE17/068

ëala

being, spirit

ëala noun "being, spirit" (pl. ëalar is attested), spirits whose natural state it is to exist without a physical body, like Balrogs (MR:165). The word apparently originates from the participle of ëa, q.v.

ea

existing, being

ére

gerund noun. existing, existence