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Early Quenya

narwe

noun. pain

Cognates

  • En. narw “pain” ✧ PE13/150

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶nr:gwé > narwe[nṝgwē] > [nṝgwe] > [nargwe] > [narwe]✧ PE13/150

Variations

  • narwe ✧ PE13/150
Early Quenya [PE13/150] Group: Eldamo. Published by

narwe

noun. (sweet) lily

A word for “lily” or “sweet lily” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√NṚŘṚ [NṚÞṚ] “smell sweet” (QL/68; PME/68).

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NṚŘṚ > narwe[nṛθwē] > [nṛθwe] > [narθwe] > [narðwe] > [nardwe] > [narwe]✧ QL/068

Variations

  • narwe ✧ PME/068; QL/068
Early Quenya [PME/068; QL/068] Group: Eldamo. Published by

naike

noun. pain

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ŊAHYA “hurt, grieve” ✧ QL/065

Element in

  • Eq. naiqa “painful” ✧ QL/065
  • Eq. naikele “anguish” ✧ QL/065

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NAẎA > naike[ŋaðʲki] > [ŋaðʲke] > [ŋajke] > [ŋaike] > [naike]✧ QL/065

Variations

  • naike ✧ QL/065
Early Quenya [QL/065] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ongwe

noun. pain

Cognates

  • G. ong “great pain”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√OŊO “*pain” ✧ QL/070

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ONGO > ongwe[oŋgwē] > [oŋgwe]✧ QL/070
Early Quenya [PE16/145; PME/070; QL/070] Group: Eldamo. Published by