One of the three Elvish rings of power, the Ring of Water (S/288). It is a combination of nén “water” and the adjectival suffix -ya.
Quenya
nenya
wet
nenya
adjective. wet
nenya
proper name. (Ring) of Water
Elements
Word Gloss nén “water, water, [ᴱQ.] river” -ya “adjective suffix”
nenda
adjective. wet
Cognates
- S. nîn “wet, *watery” ✧ PE17/052
Derivations
Element in
- ᴺQ. nendalaurë “golden water-flower, yellow iris”
- Q. Nindamos
- Q. Nindatalma “Wetwang, Nindalf” ✧ PE17/052
Elements
Word Gloss nén “water, water, [ᴱQ.] river” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶nēnā > nenya [nenja] ✧ PE17/052 √NĒ̆N > nenda [nenda] ✧ PE17/167 Variations
- nenya ✧ PE17/052
- ninda ✧ PE17/052
- nēna ✧ PE17/167
néna
wet
néna adj. "wet" (PE17:167). Cf. nenya, mixa.
néna
adjective. wet
ninda
adjective. wet
linquë
wet
linquë ("q") (1) adj. "wet" _(LINKWI). In early "Qenya", this word was glossed "water" (LT1:262)_, and "wet" was linqui or liquin, q.v.
linqui
wet
linqui ("q")adj. "wet" (MC:216; Tolkien's later Quenya has linquë.)
liquin
wet
liquin ("q")adj. "wet" (LT1:262; Tolkien's later Quenya has linquë.)
mixa
wet
mixa ("ks")adj. "wet" (MISK); later sources have néna, nenya
wet
wet
wet, see we #2
missë
wet, damp, rain
[missë] adj.ornoun "wet, damp, rain" (VT45:35)
nenya
Nenya
The name is derived from the Quenya nén meaning water. Nenya as an adjective means "watery" or "like water".
nenya adj. "wet" (PE17:52), also néna, q.v. Nenya as the name of a Ring of Power seems to imply *"(thing) related to water", since this Ring was associated with that element (SA:nen).