A noun for “strength” appearing in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√NERE, whose derivatives mostly had to do with men and manliness (QL/65; PME/65).
Early Quenya
ner
noun. man, husband; warrior
nerea
adjective. manly, stout, brave
nertu
noun. strength
nerevoite
adjective. manly, male
nermi
noun. field spirit, fay of the meads
nerqal
proper name. Root of Disease
Name of Melko’s poison in early notes (PE15/14), Tolkien suggested it was derived from (otherwise unattested) Nyerk.
nereaine
noun. stoutness of heart
neríte
adjective. *manly
nérinwa
adjective. *mannish
An adjective appearing in the Sí Qente Feanor poem of the 1910s in its plural form nērinwe (PE15/32), apparently an adjectival form of ᴱQ. ner and probably meaning something like “✱mannish” or “✱of these men” as suggested by Christopher Gilson (PE15/37).
e-
verb. to be
ka
?. [unglossed]
nérinwe ar ómu nalto úsiére
*of these men and although they have escaped
néri ur natsi nostalen máre
*men are not beings good by nature
alle
?. [unglossed]
anai
noun. woman
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s form “woman” with variants anai and anî, a feminine form ᴱQ. anu “a male” (QL/31).
anaukante
?. [unglossed]
angwe
?. [unglossed]
anwe
?. [unglossed]
anî
noun. woman
aukaine
?. [unglossed]
avestalis
noun. January
eant
?. [unglossed]
ematte
?. [unglossed]
fingwe
?. [unglossed]
hingwe
?. [unglossed]
hue
cardinal. nine
huest(y)a
adjective. one ninth
huesto
fraction. one ninth
huetto
fraction. one ninth
huetya
adjective. one ninth
hyanta
?. [unglossed]
húya
ordinal. ninth
intya
?. [unglossed]
laisifalle
noun. [unglossed]
las
noun. [unglossed]
lilyen
?. [unglossed]
linqarassea
adjective. [unglossed]
lossiattea
?. [unglossed]
lunde niq(il)issea
proper name. January
lungwe
?. [unglossed]
láwakéle
?. [unglossed]
mella
noun. girl
A word for “girl” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√MELE “love”, but Tolkien marked it with a “?” (QL/60). The same word did appear in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, however (PME/60).
min-
verb. [unglossed]
naike
noun. pain
narwe
noun. pain
nauto
noun. [unglossed]
nawa-
verb. [unglossed]
nierme
?. [unglossed]
ningwe
?. [unglossed]
nyara
noun. tale
nyél
noun. woman
A word for “woman” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s with stem form nyel-, as indicated by its accusative nyela (PE16/135). Its etymology is unclear; Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson suggested it might be connected to the early root ᴱ√NYEHE “weep” or later root ᴹ√NYEL “ring, sing”, but these both feel like stretches to me.
nyúken
?. [unglossed]
nî
noun. woman
olme(t)
cardinal. nine
ongwe
noun. pain
pingwe
?. [unglossed]
porokoi
?. [unglossed]
pundo
noun. [unglossed]
póya
adjective. [unglossed]
ralle
?. [unglossed]
saile
noun. [unglossed]
saqa-
verb. [unglossed]
sauke
?. [unglossed]
sinqita-
verb. [unglossed]
sivilda
?. [unglossed]
súlimarya
?. [unglossed]
súme
?. [unglossed]
talarin
adjective. [unglossed]
tantilta-
verb. [unglossed]
tirípti
?. [unglossed]
toron
?. [unglossed]
tultárie
adjective. [unglossed]
tyanta
?. [unglossed]
táne
adjective. [unglossed]
tánie
adjective. [unglossed]
ukárele
noun. [unglossed]
umpai
?. [unglossed]
upaitya-
verb. [unglossed]
usult
?. [unglossed]
valle
?. [unglossed]
vingwe
?. [unglossed]
wenda
noun. brook
A noun given as ’wenda “brook” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the root ᴱ√GWEÐE (QL/103).
yanta
adjective. large
yu
?. [unglossed]
ó-
verb. to be
úmea
adjective. large
A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “manly”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. ner “man” (QL/65).