návë "being", *"to be", infinitive (or gerund) of ná; see ná #1. (PE17:68)
Quenya
ëala
being, spirit
ëala
noun. spirit (not incarnate), being
návë
being
návë
noun. being
The gerund (verbal noun) of ná- “to be” (PE17/68), so “being” as in “the state of being” rather than “a living being”.
ëala noun "being, spirit" (pl. ëalar is attested), spirits whose natural state it is to exist without a physical body, like Balrogs (MR:165). The word apparently originates from the participle of ëa, q.v.