aina

adjective. holy

Derivations

• ᴹ✶aı̯an- “holy” ✧ Ety/AYAN
  • ᴹ√(A)YAN “*holy” ✧ Ety/AYAN

Element in

• ᴹQ. talantie “they are holy, blessed, and beloved — save the dark one: he is fallen” ✧ LR/072

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶aı̯an- > aina	[aina]	✧ Ety/AYAN

-ina

suffix. adjective suffix; passive participle

Changes

• -nta → ĭna ✧ PE22/108

Cognates

• N. -en “adjective suffix”

Derivations

• ᴹ✶-ina “adjective”

Element in

• ᴹQ. angaina “of iron”
• ᴹQ. telpina “of silver”
• ᴹQ. taurina “of wood”
• ᴹQ. valaina “of or belonging to the Valar, divine”

Variations

• ĭna ✧ PE22/107 (ĭna); PE22/108
• aina ✧ PE22/107 (aina)
• -nta ✧ PE22/108 (-nta)
• inā́ ✧ PE22/111

mitsa

adjective. small

Cognates

• N. mithren “small” ✧ EtyAC/MIT; EtyAC/MIT

Derivations

• ᴹ✶mitra “small” ✧ EtyAC/MIT
  • ᴹ√MIT “small” ✧ EtyAC/MIT
• ᴹ√MIT “small” ✧ EtyAC/MIT

Element in

• ᴺQ. mitsavëo “micro-organism”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶mitra > mitsa	[mitra] > [mitsa]	✧ EtyAC/MIT
ᴹ√MIT > minte	[minte]	✧ EtyAC/MIT

Variations

• minte ✧ EtyAC/MIT (minte)

-ya

suffix. adjective suffix

Element in

• ᴹQ. arinya “morning, early”
• ᴹQ. formenya “northern”
• ᴹQ. rómenya “eastern”
• ᴹQ. hyarmenya “southern”
• ᴹQ. númenya “western”

-voite

suffix. adjective suffix

Element in

• ᴹQ. hanuvoite “*masculine” ✧ Ety/INI

Elements

Word	Gloss
-ite	“(verbal) adjective ending”