A noun for “face” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, related to the verb G. gwinta- “to see” (GL/46); see that entry for possible etymologies.
Gnomish
nib
noun. snowflake
Derivations
- ᴱ√NIQI “white”
Element in
- G. nybol “?snowy”
tenc
noun. pen, nib
Derivations
- ᴱ√TEKE “make marks”
teb
noun. point, nib, neb, nose
eg
noun. point
Derivations
- ᴱ√EKE “*point”
Element in
- G. egli(n) “needle” ✧ GL/32
Variations
- ĕg ✧ GL/31
gwint
noun. face
Derivations
- ᴱ√DYĒ “*gaze”
Element in
- G. gwinta- “to see” ✧ GL/46
- G. gwintha- “to face” ✧ GL/46
- G. ilwint “sky, heavens; (lit.) face of god”
- G. riga i·wint “*twist the face” ✧ GL/65
A word appearing as G. nib “snowflake” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/60), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√NIQI “white” (QL/66), since medial and final q became p and then b.
Neo-Sindarin: I think this word can be salvaged as Neo-Sindarin ᴺS. nibis “snowflake”, cognate of Q. niquis.