Qenya
nasse
noun. thorn, spike, spike, thorn
ná-
verb. to be
ye-
verb. to be
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A noun for “thorn, spike” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√NAS “point, sharp end” (Ety/NAS).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would use this word for “spike”, but for “thorn” I would use other words like [ᴹQ.] ecco or necel.