Early Quenya
ninqe
adjective. white
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ√NIQI “white” ✧ LT1A/Taniquetil; QL/066
Element in
- Eq. kildo kirya ninqe “a white ship one saw” ✧ MC/220; PE16/056; PE16/057; PE16/060; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074
- Eq. kirilde tinwelinqe ✧ PE16/056
- Eq. man kiluva kirya ninqe? “Who shall see a white ship?” ✧ MC/213; MC/213
- Eq. máno kiluvando ninqe lutya kirya wilwarindon “*who shall see a white ship sailing like a butterfly” ✧ PE16/077
- Eq. nieninqe “snowdrop, (lit.) white tear” ✧ LT1A/Nielíqui; LT1A/Taniquetil
- Eq. ninqeru “male personified form of white” ✧ PE16/100
- Eq. niqileninqe “snow-white” ✧ QL/066
- Eq. ondolin ninqanéron “the rocks lay white” ✧ PE16/062; PE16/072
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√NIQI > ninqe [niŋkʷi] > [niŋkʷe] ✧ QL/066 Variations
- ninqë ✧ LT1A/Nielíqui; LT1A/Taniquetil
- ninkve ✧ PE16/072; PE16/072; PE16/077
lossa
adjective. white
Derivations
- ᴱ√LOSO
Element in
- Eq. losselie telerinwa “the white people of the shores of Elfland” ✧ MC/216; PE16/092
- Eq. ondoli losse karkane “the white rocks snarling” ✧ MC/213