uin

proper name. Uin

The “primeval whale”, a name appearing only in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/97), derived from the root ᴱ√IWI having to do with fish.

in

article. the

uindea

adjective. fishlike

windea

adjective. fishlike

A word appearing as windea or uindea “fishlike” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s from a variant ᴱ✶w̯i of the early root ᴱ√IWI “fish” (QL/97).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d adapt this word as ᴺQ. lingwëa from later Q. lingwë “fish”.

i

article. the

anai

noun. woman

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s form “woman” with variants anai and anî, a feminine form ᴱQ. anu “a male” (QL/31).

anî

noun. woman

nyél

noun. woman

A word for “woman” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s with stem form nyel-, as indicated by its accusative nyela (PE16/135). Its etymology is unclear; Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson suggested it might be connected to the early root ᴱ√NYEHE “weep” or later root ᴹ√NYEL “ring, sing”, but these both feel like stretches to me.

nî

noun. woman

silde

noun. daughter

sui

noun. daughter

ô

preposition. from