Quenya
-nwa
suffix. passive suffix; active participle (intransitive verbs), passive suffix; active participle (intransitive verbs); [ᴹQ.] perfective participle
-nwa
passive suffix
Primitive elvish
-nwā
suffix. passive participle, present (perfect)
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Qenya
-nwa
suffix. perfective adjective
Early Quenya
-ndon
suffix. -ly, -ily; manner suffix
-ma
suffix. passive participle
-nwa is said to be "a passive suffix" irregularly occurring in the word vanwa "lost" (PE17:63), the word seems to be irregular since the underlying root means "go away" and so vanwa is in a sense a past active participle, *"having gone". Compare PE17:68.