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Early Quenya

nes

noun. food, feed, fodder

A word appearing as ᴱQ. nes (nest-) “food, feed, fodder” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√NESE “(give to feed); pasture” (QL/66).

Neo-Quenya: I think this word is salvageable as ᴺQ. nes (nest-) for purposes of Neo-Quenya as a derivative of the salvaged Neo-Root ᴺ√NES.

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NESE “give to feed; feed, pasture; graze” ✧ QL/066

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NESE > nes²[nest] > [nes]✧ QL/066
Early Quenya [QL/066] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nes

noun. mead, valley, land

A noun given as archaic ᴱQ. †nes (ness-) “mead, valley, land” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the root ᴱ√NEŘE [NEÐE], but Tolkien indicated it should be transferred to ᴱ√NESE, which is a much more plausible root for this word (QL/66).

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NEŘE > nes[neðs] > [nezs] > [ness] > [nes]✧ QL/066

Variations

  • nes ✧ QL/066 (nes)
Early Quenya [PME/066; QL/066] Group: Eldamo. Published by

enga

noun. mead

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “mead” in the sense “✱meadow”, a derivative of ᴱ√EŊE (QL/36).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√EŊE “*plane, level” ✧ QL/036

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√EŊE > enga[eŋgā] > [eŋga]✧ QL/036
Early Quenya [QL/036] Group: Eldamo. Published by

matso

noun. food

Changes

  • mastamatso “food” ✧ PE16/141

Variations

  • masta ✧ PE16/141 (masta)
Early Quenya [PE16/141] Group: Eldamo. Published by

matl

noun. food

Cognates

  • G. madri “food, edibles; a meal”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MATA “eat” ✧ QL/059

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√MATA > matl[matlǝ] > [matl] > [matḷ] > [matḷ]✧ QL/059
Early Quenya [QL/059] Group: Eldamo. Published by