Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Early Quenya

nin

noun. blue (colour), blueness, blue green

Cognates

  • G. nim “pale blue, blue green”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NINI “*blue” ✧ QL/066

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NINI > nin[nind] > [nin]✧ QL/066

Variations

  • ninda ✧ PE16/138
Early Quenya [PE16/138; PME/066; QL/066; QL/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ni

pronoun. I; 1st sg. pronoun

Element in

Variations

  • ni ✧ LFC/030; PE14/053; PE14/056; PE14/056; PE14/059
  • ni- ✧ PE14/052; PE14/085
Early Quenya [LFC/030; PE14/052; PE14/053; PE14/054; PE14/056; PE14/059; PE14/085] Group: Eldamo. Published by

men

noun. nose, beak

The word ᴱQ. men (mem-) “nose, beak” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√MEME (QL/61).

Neo-Quenya: In later writings, Tolkien used ᴹQ. nengwe for “nose”, but I think it might be worth adapting this word as ᴺQ. mén (mem-) “beak”, with a long vowel to help distinguish it from Q. men “way”. This derivation is similar to ᴹQ. kén (kem-) “soil, earth” < ᴹ√KEM from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/KEM); hat-tip to Röandil for suggesting this comparison and the form mén.

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MEME “*tip” ✧ QL/061

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√MEME > men[mem]✧ QL/061

Variations

  • men ✧ QL/061
Early Quenya [QL/061] Group: Eldamo. Published by