nenya

wet

nenya adj. "wet" (PE17:52), also néna, q.v. Nenya as the name of a Ring of Power seems to imply *"(thing) related to water", since this Ring was associated with that element (SA:nen).

nenya

proper name. (Ring) of Water

One of the three Elvish rings of power, the Ring of Water (S/288). It is a combination of nén “water” and the adjectival suffix -ya.

Elements

Word	Gloss
nén	“water, water, [ᴱQ.] river”
-ya	“adjective suffix”

nenya

adjective. wet

néna

wet

néna adj. "wet" (PE17:167). Cf. nenya, mixa.

nenda

adjective. wet

Cognates

• S. nîn “wet, *watery” ✧ PE17/052

Derivations

• ✶nēnā “wet” ✧ PE17/052; PE17/167
  • √NEN “water, water, [ᴱ√] flow” ✧ PE17/052; PE17/167
• √NEN “water, water, [ᴱ√] flow” ✧ PE17/167

Element in

• ᴺQ. nendalaurë “golden water-flower, yellow iris”
• Q. Nindamos
• Q. Nindatalma “Wetwang, Nindalf” ✧ PE17/052

Elements

Word	Gloss
nén	“water, water, [ᴱQ.] river”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶nēnā > nenya	[nenja]	✧ PE17/052
√NĒ̆N > nenda	[nenda]	✧ PE17/167

Variations

• nenya ✧ PE17/052
• ninda ✧ PE17/052
• nēna ✧ PE17/167

néna

adjective. wet

nenya

Nenya

The name is derived from the Quenya nén meaning water. Nenya as an adjective means "watery" or "like water".

mixa

wet

mixa ("ks")adj. "wet" (MISK); later sources have néna, nenya

linqui

wet

linqui ("q")adj. "wet" (MC:216; Tolkien's later Quenya has linquë.)

linquë

wet

linquë ("q") (1) adj. "wet" _(LINKWI). In early "Qenya", this word was glossed "water" (LT1:262)_, and "wet" was linqui or liquin, q.v.

liquin

wet

liquin ("q")adj. "wet" (LT1:262; Tolkien's later Quenya has linquë.)

missë

wet, damp, rain

[missë] adj.ornoun "wet, damp, rain" (VT45:35)

wet

wet

wet, see we #2

ninda

adjective. wet