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Gnomish

nîr

noun. woman

Cognates

  • Eq. nî “woman” ✧ GL/60

nîr

noun. grief, sorrow

Cognates

  • Eq. nyére “grief” ✧ GL/60; LT1A/Mornië

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶nı̯ēr “grief” ✧ GL/60; LT1A/Mornië
    • ᴱ√NYEHE “weep” ✧ GL/60
    • ᴱ√NYE(NE) “bleat” ✧ GL/59

Element in

  • G. Mornir “Black Grief” ✧ LT1A/Mornië
  • G. nirnaithos “great lament” ✧ GL/60
  • G. nîriol “sad, sorrowing” ✧ GL/60

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶nı̯ēr- > nîr¹[njēr] > [nēr] > [nīr]✧ GL/60

Variations

  • nîr ✧ GL/59; LT1A/Mornië
Gnomish [GL/59; GL/60; LT1A/Mornië] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nîn

noun. tear

Cognates

  • Eq. nie “tear” ✧ GL/60; LT1A/Nienna

Derivations

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

Element in

  • G. Nenir ✧ GL/60
  • G. Níniel “Child of Tears” ✧ LT2A/Níniel
  • G. ninna- “to weep” ✧ GL/60; LT2A/Níniel
  • G. ninios “lamentation, dropping of tears” ✧ GL/60; LT2A/Níniel
  • G. Nínin-Udathriol “Unnumbered Tears” ✧ LT2A/Níniel

Variations

  • nien(n) ✧ GL/60
Gnomish [GL/60; LT1A/Nienna; LT2A/Níniel] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nien(n)

noun. tear

man

masculine name. Man

Changes

  • Manw → Man ✧ PE13/104

Cognates

  • Eq. Manwe ✧ GL/18; LT1A/Manwë; PE13/104

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MANA “*good (moral)”

Element in

Variations

  • Manw ✧ PE13/104 (Manw)
Gnomish [GL/18; GL/20; GL/43; GL/56; GL/68; LT1A/Manwë; PE13/104; PE15/26] Group: Eldamo. Published by