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root. think, form idea, imagine

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s given as ᴹ√NOWO “think, form idea, imagine”, with derivatives like ᴹQ. nó “conception” and N. nauth “thought” (Ety/NOWO). It replaced deleted roots ᴹ√ÑŌ¹ and ᴹ√NAWA (EtyAC/ÑŌ¹, NOWO). The latter is a strong indication that its original precursor was the root ᴱ√NAVA [NAɃA] “suspect, guess, have an inkling of” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. nauma “hint, clue” and ᴱQ. nauta- “guess” (QL/64-65), as well as G. naf- “suspect, have inkling of” and G. naus “keen-witted, observant” from the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon (GL/59).

Changes

• NAWA → NOWO ✧ Ety/NOWO

Derivatives

• ᴹ✶nauthe “imagination” ✧ Ety/NOWO
  • ᴹQ. nause “imagination” ✧ Ety/NOWO
• ᴹ✶ñōn- “idea, thought” ✧ EtyAC/ÑŌ¹
  • N. ûn “idea, thought” ✧ EtyAC/ÑŌ¹
• ᴺQ. nauya- “to conceive [of an idea]”
• ᴺQ. nauta- “to conceive”
• ᴹQ. nó “conception, idea, thought” ✧ Ety/NOWO; EtyAC/ÑŌ¹
• ᴹQ. nov- “?to think, form idea, imagine”
• N. nauth “thought” ✧ Ety/NOWO
• N. nautha- “to conceive” ✧ Ety/NOWO
• N. naw “idea” ✧ Ety/NOWO

Variations

• NOWO ✧ Ety/NOWO
• ÑŌ¹ ✧ EtyAC/ÑŌ¹ (ÑŌ¹)
• NAWA ✧ EtyAC/NOWO (NAWA)