Contribution “-ni” by Jack Harrison

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-ni

suffix. adjectival suffix

Seen in lugni < LUG, luini < LUY and ninkwi < NIKW (with subsequent metathesis). Possibly a (rare) variant of -nā and/or -i.

Primitive elvish [PE17/168, PE21/81, PE17/136, 161; VT48/24, 27] Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by
Primitive elvish -nā
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Aldaleon #1627

Thank you for contributing!

I'm however struggling to map the sources with the gloss. Can you clarify how you arrived at this conclusion?

Thanks,

aldaleon

Jack Harrison #1629

Hi,

well, Primitive Quendian lugni, luini and ninqui are given there. -ni is not specifically mentioned, but I would deduce it based on these three examples and their roots. LUG/LUY mean blue, and so do the adjectives lugni and luini derived from them. NIKW is associated with ice, and ninqui is the adjective icy (though specifically referring to the colour of ice. I'd assume a slight semantic shift or that Tolkien gave incomplete glosses either in the root or the adjective derived from it.) Apologies, I should have marked it as deduced/uncertain since Tolkien doesn't mention it as a suffix. In any case, it seems to be quite a rare adjectival ending.