Middle Primitive Elvish
thin
root. *grey
Derivatives
tainā
adjective. long
Derivations
- ᴹ√TAY “extend, make long(er), stretch” ✧ PE18/057
Derivatives
- ᴹQ. taina “lengthened, extended, prolonged”
Variations
- taı̯nā ✧ PE18/057
nindi
root. fragile, thin
Changes
NIN-DA→ NIN-DI “blue” ✧ Ety/NIN-DIDerivatives
Variations
- NIN-DI ✧ Ety/NIN-DI
- NIN-DA ✧ EtyAC/NIN-DI (
NIN-DA)
winyē
noun. evening
Changes
winyā→ winyē “evening” ✧ EtyAC/WINDerivations
- ᴹ√
WIN(I)D“pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WINDerivatives
Variations
winyā✧ Ety/WIN (winyā)
slinyā
adjective. lean, thin, meagre
Derivations
- ᴹ√SLIN “*fine, delicate” ✧ Ety/SLIN
Derivatives
- N. thlein “lean, thin, meagre” ✧ Ety/SLIN
terēn(ē)
adjective. slender
Derivations
- ᴹ√TER “pierce” ✧ Ety/TER
Derivatives
- ᴹQ. teren “slender, slender; [ᴱQ.] lissom, lithe” ✧ Ety/TER
andā
adjective. long
Derivations
- ᴹ√ANAD “*long” ✧ Ety/ÁNAD; Ety/MBUD
Derivatives
Element in
- ᴹ✶andambundā “long-snouted” ✧ Ety/MBUD
Variations
- anda ✧ Ety/MBUD (anda)
akrā
adjective. narrow
Derivations
- ᴹ√AK “narrow, confined” ✧ Ety/AK
Derivatives
A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “fragile, thin” with derivatives like ᴹQ. ninde/N. ninn “slender” (Ety/NIN-DI), replacing deleted ᴹ√NIN-DA “blue” (EtyAC/NIN-DI) which was probably a later manifestation of ᴱ√NINI “✱blue” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/66). ᴱ√NINI had derivatives in both Qenya and Gnomish in the 1910s, but there are no signs of nin- as “blue” in Tolkien’s later writing.