Early Quenya
sink
noun. mineral, gem, metal
núta-
verb. to stoop, sink
sunqele
noun. sinking, falling, setting of heavenly bodies
nu
preposition. under
aule
masculine name. Smith
no
preposition. under
talka
noun. smith
tongar
noun. smith
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A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “sinking, falling, setting of stars, moon, sun, etc.”, an elaboration of ᴱQ. sunqe “going down” (QL/87). In the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa it was glossed “setting of heavenly bodies” (PME/87).