Qenya
nengwea
adjective. nasal
Elements
Word Gloss nengwe “nose” -a “adjectival suffix”
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A word for “nasal” in The Etymologies from the 1930s, simply an adjectival form of ᴹQ. nengwe “nose” (Ety/NEÑ-WI). It also appeared in the version of Tengwesta Qenderinwa from the 1930s (TQ1) as a nominalized plural Nengwear “nasals”, labeling the nasal row of a chart of sounds (PE18/30).