Quenya 

ringa

cold

ringa adj. "cold" (Markirya); the Etymologies gives ringë (RINGI), but it seems that ringa is to be preferred (cf. Ringarë below). Yá hrívë tenë, ringa ná "when winter comes, it is cold" (VT49:23). According to VT46:11, Tolkien originally used the form ringa in Etym as well; later he would restore it. - In early "Qenya", ringa is glossed "damp, cold, chilly" (LT1:265)

ringa

adjective. cold, cold, [ᴱQ.] chilly; damp

Cognates

  • S. ring “cold, chill, cold, chill, [G.] cool”

Derivations

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Quenya [MC/222; VT49/23] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ringë

cold

ringë adj. "cold", also ringa (which form is to be preferred; cf. Ringarë in LotR). In the Etymologies as printed in LR, ringë is also given as a noun "cold pool or lake (in mountains)", but according to VT46:11 this noun should read ringwë. (RINGI)

niquë

noun. cold, cold; [ᴹQ.] snow

Derivations

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

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Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
NIK > nī̆que[nikwe]✧ PE17/168

Variations

  • nī̆que ✧ PE17/168
  • nique ✧ WJ/417
Quenya [PE17/168; WJ/417] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yelwa

cold

yelwa (2) adj. "cold" (LT1:260 this "Qenya" word is apparently obsoleted by # 1 above. In LotR-style Quenya, the regular term for "cold" seems to be ringa.)