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ninquë

white, chill, cold, palid

ninquë adj. "white, chill, cold, palid" (WJ:417, SA:nim, PE17:168, NIK-W - spelt "ninqe" in Etym and in LT1:266, MC:213, MC:220, GL:60), pl. ninqui in Markirya. Compounded in Ninquelótë noun "White-Flower" (SA:nim), = Sindarin Nimloth, the White Tree of Númenor; ninqueruvissë ("q") "white-horse-on" _(MC:216; this is "Qenya", read _ninqueroccossë or *ninquiroccossë in LotR-style Quenya). Normally ninquë would be expected to have the stem-form ninqui-, given the primitive form ¤ninkwi; Ninquelótë rather than *Ninquilótë must be seen as an analogical form.

ninquë

adjective. white; chill, cold; pallid

Changes

  • ninquelosseä ✧ PE17/071

Cognates

  • S. nimp “pale, pallid, white, pale, pallid, white; small and frail, [ᴱN.] wan, sickly” ✧ PE17/168
  • S. nim “white” ✧ SA/nim

Derivations

  • ninkwi “white, pale”
    • NIK(W) “(also of) snow, ice, snow, ice; *white” ✧ PE17/168
  • NIK(W) “(also of) snow, ice, snow, ice; *white” ✧ PE17/168

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Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
NIK > ninque[niŋkwi] > [niŋkwe]✧ PE17/168

Variations

  • ninque ✧ PE17/071; PE17/071 (ninque); PE17/168; WJ/417
Quenya [MC/222; PE17/071; PE17/168; SA/nim; WJ/417] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fána

white

fána, fánë (1) adj. "white" (Markirya - fánë as a sg. form in may be a misreading). Compare fanya.

fána

adjective. white, white; [ᴹQ.] cloud

@@@ as suggested by Helge Fauskanger, the form fánë “white” in the Markirya poem may be a slip or misreading

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Variations

  • fáne ✧ MC/221; MC/222
Quenya [MC/221; MC/222] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fánë

adjective. white