unqua ("q")adj. "hollow" (UNUK)
Quenya
unque
noun. cavity
unquë
hole, hollow
unquë
noun. a hollow, hollow, [ᴹQ.] cavity, hole
Element in
- ᴺQ. helmunquë “wrinkle, (lit.) skin-hollow”
Variations
- unque ✧ LotR/1123; PE17/104
unqua
hollow
usquë
reek
usquë ("q")noun "reek" (USUK). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, usquë was also the name of tengwa #16, which at this conceptual stage had the value squ (VT46:20). Later, Tolkien would call this letter unquë, with the value nqu.
ecca
hole
ecca ("k")noun "hole", apparently associated with Sindarin torech "secret hole, lair" (PE17:188)
náva
adjective. hollow
Derivations
- ✶nābā “hollow” ✧ WJ/414
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶nābā > Náva [nābā] > [nāβā] > [nāβa] > [nāva] ✧ WJ/414 Variations
- Náva ✧ WJ/389 (Náva)
ronta
hollow
ronta adj.? noun? "hollow" (also rotwa) (LT2:347. In Tolkien's later Quenya, the preferred words for "hollow" are unqua adj. and unquë noun.)
latta
hole, pit
latta (1) noun "hole, pit" (DAT/DANT, VT45:8)
assa
hole, perforation, opening, mouth
assa "hole, perforation, opening, mouth" (GAS)
rotwa
hollow
rotwa adj.? noun? "hollow" (also ronta) (LT2:347. In Tolkien's later Quenya, the preferred words for "hollow" are unqua adj. and unquë noun.)
unquë noun "hole, hollow" (VT46:20, UNUK), also name of tengwa #16 _(Appendix E; there spelt unque, while the Etymologies has unqe)_