nwalmë noun "torment", also name of tengwa #20. Originally pronounced ngwalmë; initial ng had become n in Third Age pronunciation (Appendix E). In Tengwar writing, the initial NW would be represented by the letter nwalmë.
Quenya
angaitya
torment
nwalmë
torment
nwalmë
noun. torment
Derivations
- √(Ñ)GWAL “suffer torment, (suffer) torment, agony”
Element in
- ᴺQ. nwalmastarmo “martyr, (lit.) torment-witness”
Variations
- nwalme ✧ LotR/1123
- ngwalme ✧ LotR/1123 (ngwalme)
angaitya noun "torment" (LT1:249); rather nwalmë in Tolkien's later Quenya