noa (2) adj. "former", also adv. (and noun?) "yesterday", shortened from the full phrase noa ré "former day" (VT49:34). In other conceptual phases, Tolkien used noa for "tomorrow" _(VT49:20). _Compare enwa.
Quenya
noa
conception
noa
former
noa
thigh
[noa (3) noun "thigh" (VT46:4)]
nöa
noun/adjective. former; yesterday; tomorrow, yesterday; former, *previous; tomorrow
@@@ originally just adjectival “former, previous”, now also used as a noun “yesterday”, shortened from noa ré “previous day”, perhaps by analogy from phrases like ré nó noa “day before last”.
ciuca
noun. thigh
thigh
inca
idea
inca ("k")noun "idea" (VT45:18, where the word is cited with a final hyphen, though its gloss would indicate that it is a noun not a verb. Originally, the triple glosses "idea, notion, guess" were provided.)
nó
conception
nó (1) (stem nów- as in pl. nówi) noun "conception" (= idea) (NOWO). In an earlier version, later deleted, nó represented earlier ñó (ngó), glossed "idea, thought" (VT46:6).
tiuco
thigh
tiuco noun("k") "thigh" (TIW)
noa (1) noun "conception" (= idea) (NOWO)