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Early Quenya

nienna

feminine name. Nienna

Sobriquet for the female Vala ᴱQ. Fui, at this stage the wife of Mandos (LT1/66). Her name appeared as Nyenna in the Qenya Lexicon, a derivative of either ᴱ√NYE(NE) “bleat” or ᴱ√NYEHE “weep” (QL/68).

Changes

  • Nyena → Nyenna ✧ QL/068

Cognates

  • G. Nenir ✧ GL/18; LT1A/Nienna; PE14/014

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NYEHE “weep” ✧ GL/60; LT1A/Nienna
    • ᴱ√NYE(NE) “bleat” ✧ GL/59
  • ᴱ√NYE(NE) “bleat” ✧ QL/068

Variations

  • Nyenna ✧ GL/60; LT1A/Nienna; QL/068
  • Nyena ✧ QL/068 (Nyena)
Early Quenya [GL/18; GL/60; LT1A/Nienna; LT1I/Fui; PE14/014; QL/068] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fui

feminine name. Death-goddess, Nienna

Cognates

  • G. Fuil “Queen of the Dark” ✧ GL/18; GL/36; LT1A/Fui; PE14/014

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ǶUẎU “*darkness” ✧ GL/36

Element in

  • Eq. Fuinen “Tuesday”
  • Eq. fuiyáru “deadly nightshade” ✧ PE15/14
Early Quenya [GL/18; GL/36; LT1A/Fui; LT1I/Fui; LT2I/Fui; PE14/014; PE15/14; PMI/Fui; QL/038; QL/040; QL/068; SMI/Fui] Group: Eldamo. Published by

núri

feminine name. Fui

Another name for Nienna in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/66), derived from the root ᴱ√NURU having to do with growling (QL/68).

Cognates

  • G. Nurnil ✧ GL/18; LT1A/Núri

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NURU “*growl, grumble” ✧ LT1A/Núri; QL/068

Variations

  • Nūri ✧ GL/18; QL/068
Early Quenya [GL/18; LT1A/Núri; LT1I/Núri; QL/068] Group: Eldamo. Published by