Early Quenya
nieninqe
noun. snowdrop, (lit.) white tear
Cognates
- G. ninconin “snowdrop” ✧ GL/60
Element in
- Eq. nieninqea “like a snowdrop” ✧ MC/215
Elements
Word Gloss nie “tear” ninqe “white” Variations
- nieninqë ✧ LT1A/Nielíqui; LT1A/Taniquetil
- Nieninqe ✧ MC/215
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Elements
Word Gloss norolinde pirukendea “tripping lightly, whirling lightly” elle tande Nielikkilis “thither came little Niéle” tanya wende nieninqea “that maiden like a snowdrop” yar i vilya anta miqilis “to whom the air gives kisses” i oromandin eller tande “the wood-spirits came thither” ar wingildin wilwarindeën “and the foam-like butterflies” losselie telerinwa “the white people of the shores of Elfland” tálin paptalasselindeën “with feet like the music of falling leaves”