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Qenya 

nie

noun. tear

Cognates

  • N. nîr “tear, weeping, weeping, [G.] grief, sorrow; [N.] tear” ✧ Ety/NEI

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NEY “tear” ✧ Ety/NEI
  • ᴹ✶neinē “tear” ✧ EtyAC/NEI
    • ᴹ√NEY “tear” ✧ Ety/NEI; EtyAC/NEI

Element in

  • ᴺQ. nienaitë “tearful”
  • Q. nieninquë “snowdrop, snowdrop, [ᴹQ.] (lit.) white tear”
  • ᴹQ. nieninqe “snowdrop, (lit.) white tear” ✧ Ety/NEI
  • Q. Nienna “Lady of Pity and Mourning”
  • ᴹQ. Nienna ✧ Ety/NEI
  • Q. Nienor “Mourning”
  • ᴹQ. Nienor “Sorrowful, Mourning”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NEI̯ > níre[neire] > [nīre]✧ Ety/NEI
ᴹ√NEI̯ > nie[neje] > [nie]✧ Ety/NEI
ᴹ✶neñē > neʒe > nie[neŋe] > [neɣe] > [neje] > [nie]✧ EtyAC/NEI

Variations

  • níre ✧ Ety/NEI
Qenya [Ety/NEI; EtyAC/NEI; PE21/06; PE21/07] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ni

pronoun. I

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶ni “I”

Element in

Variations

  • ✧ PE22/120
Qenya [LR/072; PE21/61; PE22/092; PE22/097; PE22/104; PE22/115; PE22/118; PE22/119; PE22/120; PE22/121; PE22/122; PE22/123; PE22/125; PE22/127; SD/056] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-nye

suffix. I

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶ni “I” ✧ Ety/NI²

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶NĪ² > nyē-[nje]✧ Ety/NI²

Variations

  • nyē- ✧ EtyAC/NI²

nessa

adjective. young

Cognates

  • N. neth “young” ✧ Ety/NETH

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶nethrā “young” ✧ Ety/NETH
    • ᴹ√NETH “young” ✧ Ety/NETH

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶neth-rā > nessa[netʰrā] > [netsā] > [netsa] > [nessa]✧ Ety/NETH