Another name for the Lindar appearing in a name list from the 1930s (LR/403). It seems to be a combination of ninqe “white” and the plural of Qende “Elf”.
Qenya
nin
noun. nose, beak
ninqitáre
noun. whitening, whitewashing
ninqelóte
proper name. Pale Blossom
ninqendi
collective name. White-elves
ninde
adjective. slender
ni
pronoun. I
ninqe
adjective. white
ninqisse
noun. whiteness
ninqita-
verb. to whiten, make white; to shine white
ninya
pronoun. my, my; [ᴺQ.] mine
nindari
noun. river-maid, nymph
ninqeri
noun. *white (female thing or personification)
ninqeru
noun. white man, white male swan, white ship, white (male thing or personification)
ninqinta-
verb. to grow pale
nerte
cardinal. nine
nengwe
noun. nose
A word for “nose” in The Etymologies written around 1937, derived from ᴹ√NEÑ-WI (Ety/NEÑ-WI), an elaboration of the shorter root ᴹ√NEÑ (EtyAC/NEÑ-WI). Given its primitive form, its stem ought to be nengwi-, but in attested compounds this word is consistently nengwe-, so perhaps Tolkien changed his mind on its primitive form.
Conceptual Development: The earliest percursor to this word seems to be ᴱQ. nen (neng-) “nostril” in several documents from the 1920s (PE14/72; PE15/75; PE16/113), whose dual nenqi was also used for a “nose” of one person (PE14/76; PE15/75). In the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s, Tolkien had nin (ning-) “beak, nose” < ᴹ✶nengǝ (PE21/26), though this phonetic shift of short e to i is rather unusual and seems to be limited to this document.
nén
noun. water
taniqetil
place name. High White Horn
-nye
suffix. I
a
preposition. [unglossed]
alama
noun. [unglossed]
amaldume
noun. [unglossed]
anaristya
noun. [unglossed]
assa
pronoun. [unglossed]
asse
pronoun. [unglossed]
asso
pronoun. [unglossed]
engwa
?. [unglossed]
ente
pronoun. [unglossed]
ento
pronoun. [unglossed]
ereáma
?. [unglossed]
es
[unglossed]
hyelma
?. [unglossed]
inye
pronoun. I (emphatic)
kaltua
?. [unglossed]
kanda
noun. [unglossed]
karpalimaite
noun. [unglossed]
laqe[t]-
verb. [unglossed]
lau(w)e
?. [unglossed]
linqe
adjective. wet, wet, [ᴱQ.] flowing; water, stream
lúne
adjective. blue, blue, [ᴱQ.] deep blue
mahtya
?. [unglossed]
mai(y)a
noun. [unglossed]
maldo
noun. [unglossed]
miksa
adjective. wet, wet, *damp
mitsa
adjective. small
nandakka-
verb. [unglossed]
nerno
?. [unglossed]
niule
?. [unglossed]
nye
pronoun. me, I
olta-
verb. [unglossed]
rampa
?. [unglossed]
sahte
noun. [unglossed]
sarya
noun. [unglossed]
sisíria-
verb. [unglossed]
séra
?. [unglossed]
sóla
?. [unglossed]
tante
noun. [unglossed]
tatalta-
verb. [unglossed]
teren
adjective. slender, slender; [ᴱQ.] lissom, lithe
terene
adjective. slender
teuka
?. [unglossed]
thar-
verb. [unglossed]
timpana
noun. [unglossed]
toina
adjective. [unglossed]
toróma
noun. [unglossed]
tyue
noun. [unglossed]
varinye
noun. [unglossed]
véne
noun. girl
yelme
noun. [unglossed]
éma
?. [unglossed]
Another name for Silpion appearing in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/209, SD/58), a compound of ninqe “white” and lóte “flower”. This name appeared in the texts as Ninquelóte (with a qu), but this entry uses Ninqelóte (with a q) for this entry to be more consistent with the spelling conventions of this period. At this stage the name was unglossed, but probably had the same meaning as its Noldorin cognate N. Nimloth “Pale Blossom”.