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Early Quenya

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.

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NENE “flow” ✧ LT1/248; QL/065

Element in

  • Eq. nénuvar “pool of lilies” ✧ LT1/248; QL/065

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NENE > nēnu[nēnū] > [nēnu]✧ QL/065

Variations

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