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inimeite
adjective. *feminine
Derivations
- ᴹ√NĪ/INI “female” ✧ Ety/INI
Elements
Word Gloss NĪ/INI “female” -ite “(verbal) adjective ending” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√INI > inimeite [inimeite] ✧ Ety/INI
inya
adjective. female
An adjective for “female” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from the root ᴹ√INI “female” (Ety/INI).
Conceptual Development: In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, Tolkien gave a similar form ᴱQ. qinya “female”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. qin “woman” (PE16/135).
Cognates
- N. inw “female” ✧ Ety/INI
Derivations
- ᴹ√NĪ/INI “female” ✧ Ety/INI
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√INI > inya [inja] ✧ Ety/INI Variations
- inya ✧ Ety/INI
An unglossed word in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√INI “female” (Ety/INI), the equivalent of ᴹQ. hanuvoite and hence probably an adjective meaning “✱feminine”. This word is unusual in form, since [[q|[ei] generally became [ī]]] in Quenya, so the expected form is ✱inimíte.
Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s a word for “feminine, female” was ᴱQ. qimenoite, adjectival form of ᴱQ. qin (qim-) “woman, female” (QL/77). This word reappeared in Early Qenya Word-lists along with variant qimíte, both given after ᴱQ. qinya “female” and thus probably adjectives of similar meaning (PE16/135).