Early Quenya
nyéni
noun. she-goat
Derivations
- ᴱ√NYE(NE) “bleat” ✧ LT1A/Nienna; QL/068
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√NYE(NE) > nyēni [nʲēnī] > [nʲēni] ✧ QL/068 Variations
- nyēni ✧ PME/068; QL/068
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The word ᴱQ. nyēni “she-goat” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a feminized form of ᴱQ. nyé “bleat” (QL/68). It also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/68).
Neo-Quenya: I’d retain ᴺQ. nyéni for “(she) goat” for purposes of Neo-Quenya; see ᴺQ. nyé “bleat” for the rationale, and ᴺQ. naico “goat” for possible alternatives.