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Early Quenya

nen

noun. nostril

A word appearing as ᴱQ. nen “nostril” in several documents from the 1920s (PE14/72; PE15/75; PE16/113). Its plural form nengi made it clear its stem was neng- (PE14/72; PE16/112). Its (Early Qenya) dual nenqi was also “usually used of the nose or both nostrils of one person” (PE15/75).

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, the word for “nostril” was ᴱQ. sūma under the early root ᴱ√SUHYU “breath, exhale”, where its dual sunwi “nostrils” could also be used as “nose” (QL/86). The word súma “nostril” was mentioned in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa along with its dual sunwi (PME/86). Under the same early root, Tolkien had ᴱQ. súne as a more ordinary word for “nose”, specifically a nose of a human (QL/86; PME/86). ᴱQ. súne “nose” survived in the documents from the 1920s (PE14/76; PE15/75; PE16/136), but “nostril” became ᴱQ. nen (neng-) as noted above.

See the entry on ᴹQ. nengwe for a discussion of later “nose” words from the 1930s.

Neo-Quenya: Since ᴹ√NEÑ-WI was the base for the word ᴹQ. nengwe “nose” in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/NEÑ-WI), ᴺQ. nen (neng-) “nostril” might remain viable for purposes of Neo-Quenya as a derivative of the shorter form of this root: ᴹ√NEÑ. However, in later Quenya grammar its dual would most likely become ✱nengu, and I would use the dual only for “(pair of) nostrils” and not “nose”.

Early Quenya [PE14/052; PE14/072; PE14/076; PE15/75; PE16/112; PE16/113; PE16/114; PE16/115] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nen

noun. river, water

Early Quenya [LT1/248; LT1A/Koivië-néni; LT1A/Neni Erúmëar; PE14/043; PE14/072; PE14/110; PE15/14; PE15/76; PE15/78; PE16/138; PME/065; PME/066; QL/065; QL/066] Group: Eldamo. Published by

neni erúmear

place name. Outermost Waters

Ocean surrounding Middle-earth in a very early map, translated by Christopher Tolkien as “Outermost Waters” (LT1/84-5), a combination of the plural of nen “water” and the plural of erúmea “outermost”.

Early Quenya [LT1/085; LT1A/Eruman; LT1A/Neni Erúmëar] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nendo

noun. water mead

A noun given as ᴱQ. nendo “water mead” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the root ᴱ√NEŘE [NEÐE] (QL/66). It was also mentioned in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the same form and gloss (PME/66). In the Qenya Lexicon, Tolkien indicated it might instead be derived from the root ᴱ√NESE, though how is not entirely clear.

Neo-Quenya: I think this word might be salvaged as ᴺQ. nendo “water mead, ✱watered plain” for purposes of Neo-Quenya but reimagined as a derivative of √NEN “water”. This can replace ᴹQ. nanda of the same meaning from The Etymologies (Ety/NAD), since in later writings the various Q. nand- forms were exclusively used with the sense “valley”.

Early Quenya [PME/066; QL/066] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nenda

adjective. wet

Early Quenya [PE16/138] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nenuvar

collective name. Water [Fay]

Name for a type of Water Fay in Tolkien’s “Creatures of the Earth” from the 1910s (PE14/10). It might be related to nénuvar “pool of lilies”.

Early Quenya [PE14/010] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nenyu

noun. yellow water-lily

nenyuvar

noun. pool of lilies

nénu

noun. yellow water lily

A word for a “yellow water lily” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√NENE “flow” that was the basis for river and water words (QL/65; PME/65). In the Qenya Lexicon it had a variant form nenyu.

Early Quenya [LT1/248; PME/065; QL/065] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cuiviénen

place name. Water of Awakening

Early Quenya [LB/023; LBI/Cuiviénen; SM/012] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nénuvar

noun. pool of lilies

A word for a “pool of lilies” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s, an elaboration of ᴱQ. nēnu “yellow water lily” (QL/65; PME/65). In the Qenya Lexicon it had a variant form nenyuvar based on the variant “lily” word nenyu.

Early Quenya [LT1/248; PME/065; QL/065] Group: Eldamo. Published by

men

noun. nose, beak

The word ᴱQ. men (mem-) “nose, beak” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√MEME (QL/61).

Neo-Quenya: In later writings, Tolkien used ᴹQ. nengwe for “nose”, but I think it might be worth adapting this word as ᴺQ. mén (mem-) “beak”, with a long vowel to help distinguish it from Q. men “way”. This derivation is similar to ᴹQ. kén (kem-) “soil, earth” < ᴹ√KEM from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/KEM); hat-tip to Röandil for suggesting this comparison and the form mén.

Early Quenya [QL/061] Group: Eldamo. Published by

koivie-néni

place name. Waters of Awakening

Early Quenya [GG/15; LBI/Cuiviénen; LT1/085; LT1/115; LT1/232; LT1A/Koivië-néni; LT1A/Neni Erúmëar; LT1I/Koivië-néni; SMI/Cuiviénen; WJI/Koivië-néni] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nienóri

feminine name. Nienóri

Early Quenya [LBI/Nienor; LT2/118; LT2/139; LT2I/Nienor; LT2I/Nienóri; LT2I/Vainóni; PE15/61; PMI/Nienóri] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ailin

noun. lake, pool

Early Quenya [GL/17; LT2A/Elwing; PE13/136; PE13/158; PE15/14; PME/029; QL/029] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ailo

noun. lake, pool

Early Quenya [GL/17; LT2A/Elwing] Group: Eldamo. Published by

amillion

noun. February

Early Quenya [LT1A/Amillo; QL/030] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aïlior

collective name. Water [Fay]

Name for a type of Water Fay in Tolkien’s “Creatures of the Earth” from the 1910s (PE14/10). Its etymology is unclear.

Early Quenya [PE14/010] Group: Eldamo. Published by

capalini

collective name. Water [Fay]

Name for a type of Water Fay in Tolkien’s “Creatures of the Earth” from the 1910s (PE14/10). Its etymology is unclear.

Early Quenya [PE14/010] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dachen

adjective. slain

Early Quenya [PE17/133] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ektelarni

collective name. Water [Fay]

Name for a type of Water Fay in Tolkien’s “Creatures of the Earth” from the 1910s (PE14/10). Its etymology is unclear, but its initial element might be related to ektele “fountain”.

Early Quenya [PE14/010] Group: Eldamo. Published by

linqea

adjective. watery

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “watery”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. linqe “water” (QL/54).

Early Quenya [QL/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

liqin(a)

adjective. wet

Early Quenya [LT1A/Nielíqui; PME/054; QL/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lunde tiqilindea

proper name. February

A name for the month of February in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/56), a combination of lunde “month” and tiqilindea “thawing”.

Early Quenya [QL/056] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mak-

verb. to slay

nete-

verb. to get

Early Quenya [QL/066] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nie

noun. tear

Early Quenya [GL/60; LT1A/Nienna; LT2A/Nínin-Udathriol; MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/075; PE16/077; PE16/143; PME/069; QL/068] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sindi

noun. river

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “river” derived from the root ᴱ√SIŘI [SIÐI] (QL/84). The same word appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/84).

Early Quenya [LT1A/Kelusindi; LT1A/Sirion; PME/084; QL/084] Group: Eldamo. Published by

siri-

verb. flow

Early Quenya [QL/084; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sovalwaris

noun. February

Early Quenya [QL/086] Group: Eldamo. Published by

súma

noun. nostril

Early Quenya [PME/086; QL/086] Group: Eldamo. Published by

wenda

noun. brook

A noun given as ’wenda “brook” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the root ᴱ√GWEÐE (QL/103).

Early Quenya [QL/103] Group: Eldamo. Published by

úqa

adjective. wet

Early Quenya [QL/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by