Quenya 

linqui

wet

linqui ("q")adj. "wet" (MC:216; Tolkien's later Quenya has linquë.)

linquë

wet

linquë ("q") (1) adj. "wet" _(LINKWI). In early "Qenya", this word was glossed "water" (LT1:262)_, and "wet" was linqui or liquin, q.v.

liquin

wet

liquin ("q")adj. "wet" (LT1:262; Tolkien's later Quenya has linquë.)

mixa

wet

mixa ("ks")adj. "wet" (MISK); later sources have néna, nenya

missë

wet, damp, rain

[missë] adj.ornoun "wet, damp, rain" (VT45:35)

ninda

adjective. wet

nenda

adjective. wet

Cognates

  • S. nîn “wet, *watery” ✧ PE17/052

Derivations

  • ✶nēnā “wet” ✧ PE17/052; PE17/167
    • √NEN “water, water, [ᴱ√] flow” ✧ PE17/052; PE17/167
  • √NEN “water, water, [ᴱ√] flow” ✧ PE17/167

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
nén“water, water, [ᴱQ.] river”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶nēnā > nenya[nenja]✧ PE17/052
√NĒ̆N > nenda[nenda]✧ PE17/167

Variations

  • nenya ✧ PE17/052
  • ninda ✧ PE17/052
  • nēna ✧ PE17/167
Quenya [PE17/052; PE17/167] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nenya

wet

nenya adj. "wet" (PE17:52), also néna, q.v. Nenya as the name of a Ring of Power seems to imply *"(thing) related to water", since this Ring was associated with that element (SA:nen).

nenya

adjective. wet

néna

wet

néna adj. "wet" (PE17:167). Cf. nenya, mixa.

néna

adjective. wet

wet

wet

wet, see we #2

Sindarin 

limp

adjective. wet

Sindarin [Ety/369, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

limp

noun/adjective. clear, sparkling; (bright/clear/gleaming) liquid

Derivations

  • ✶linkwē “light-substance” ✧ NM/284
    • √LIK “glide, slip, slide, drip” ✧ NM/285

Element in

  • S. Limhír “Clear/Sparkling River” ✧ WJ/337
  • S. Limphîr “Limliht” ✧ NM/284

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶liŋkwi > limp[liŋkwi] > [liŋkwe] > [limpe] > [limpʰe] > [limɸe] > [limfe] > [limf] > [limp]✧ NM/284

Variations

  • Lim ✧ WJ/337 (Lim)
Sindarin [NM/284; NM/285; WJ/337] Group: Eldamo. Published by

loen

adjective. soaking wet, swamped

Sindarin [VT/42:10] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nîn

adjective. wet, watery

Sindarin [Nindalf TC/195, S/435] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nîn

wet

_ adj. _wet. Q. nenya. >> Nindalf

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:52:61] < _nēnā_ < NEN water. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

limp

adjective. wet

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

limp

wet

(no distinct pl. form).

loen

soaking wet

(swamped), no distinct pl. form.

mesc

wet

1) mesc (lenited vesc, pl. misc). Also spelt mesg. 2) limp (no distinct pl. form). 3)

mesc

wet

(lenited vesc, pl. misc). Also spelt mesg.

nîd

wet

nîd (damp, tearful); no distinct pl. form. 4) nîn (watery); no distinct pl. form. Note: nîn is also used as a noun ”tear”; there is also the possessive pronoun nín ”my”.

nîd

wet

(damp, tearful); no distinct pl. form. 4) nîn (watery); no distinct pl. form. Note: nîn is also used as a noun ”tear”; there is also the possessive pronoun nín ”my”.

Primitive elvish

nēnā

adjective. wet

Derivations

  • √NEN “water, water, [ᴱ√] flow” ✧ PE17/052; PE17/167

Derivatives

  • Q. nenda “wet” ✧ PE17/052; PE17/167
  • S. nîn “wet, *watery” ✧ PE17/052

Variations

  • nēna ✧ PE17/167
Primitive elvish [PE17/052; PE17/167] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

lhimp

adjective. wet

Noldorin [Ety/369, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhimp

adjective. wet

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. linqe “wet, wet, [ᴱQ.] flowing; water, stream” ✧ Ety/LINKWI

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LINKWI “*wet” ✧ Ety/LINKWI
    • ᴹ√LIN “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LINKWI > lhimp[liŋkwi] > [liŋkwe] > [limpe] > [limpʰe] > [limɸe] > [limfe] > [limf] > [l̥imf] > [l̥imp] > [l̥imp]✧ Ety/LINKWI
Noldorin [Ety/LINKWI] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mesc

adjective. wet

Noldorin [Ety/373] Group: SINDICT. Published by

mesc

adjective. wet

mesg

adjective. wet

Noldorin [Ety/373] Group: SINDICT. Published by

mesg

adjective. wet

@@@ mesc may be alternate form

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. miksa “wet, wet, *damp” ✧ Ety/MISK; EtyAC/MISK

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MISIK “*wet” ✧ Ety/MISK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√MISK > mesc > mesg[miska] > [meska] > [mesk] > [mesg]✧ Ety/MISK
ᴹ√MISK > miss[misse] > [miss]✧ Ety/MISK

Variations

  • miss ✧ EtyAC/MISK (miss)
Noldorin [Ety/MISK; EtyAC/MISK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nenui

adjective. wet

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
nen“water”
-ui“adjective suffix”

Variations

  • Nenui ✧ TI/268

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Qenya 

linqe

adjective. wet, wet, [ᴱQ.] flowing; water, stream

Cognates

  • N. lhimp “wet” ✧ Ety/LINKWI

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LINKWI “*wet” ✧ Ety/LINKWI
    • ᴹ√LIN “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LINKWI > linqe[liŋkwi] > [liŋkwe]✧ Ety/LINKWI

miksa

adjective. wet, wet, *damp

Cognates

  • N. mesg “wet” ✧ Ety/MISK; EtyAC/MISK

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MISIK “*wet” ✧ Ety/MISK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√MISK > miksa[miska] > [miksa]✧ Ety/MISK

Variations

  • misse ✧ EtyAC/MISK (misse)
Qenya [Ety/MISK; EtyAC/MISK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Doriathrin

mêd

adjective. wet

Mêd is a Doriathrin adjective for “wet” derived from primitive ᴹ✶mizdā, appearing as an element in the mountain name Dolmed “Wet Head” (Ety/MIZD). First the [[ilk|short [i] became [e] preceding the final [a]]], then the [e] lengthened due to the [[ilk|vocalization of [z] before voiced stops]]. It is unclear, though, whether the vowel lengthened directly (as suggested by Helge Fauskanger, AL-Doriathrin/méd), or whether it first became the diphthong [ei] after which [[ilk|[ei] became [ē]]] (the theory used here).

Conceptual Development: After abandoning the Ilkorin language, Tolkien retained the name Dolmed. It is possible Tolkien reconceived of this word as Sindarin, but if so, its Sindarin form should perhaps be ✱mêdh, not mêd, since voiced stops became spirants after vowels in Sindarin. In Silmarillion map revisions from the 1950s-60s, Tolkien did write Dolmeð (WJ/183 section F14), but he never made the corresponding change in the narratives.

Neo-Sindarin: For the purposes of Neo-Sindarin writing, it would be better to use one of the other attested Sindarin words for “wet”, such as nîn.

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶mizdā “wet” ✧ Ety/MIZD
    • ᴹ√MIZDI “*fine rain, dew” ✧ Ety/MIZD

Element in

  • Ilk. Dolmed “Wet Head” ✧ Ety/MIZD

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶mizdā > mēd[mizdā] > [mizda] > [mezda] > [meida] > [meid] > [mēd]✧ Ety/MIZD

Variations

  • mēd ✧ Ety/MIZD (Dor. mēd)
  • méd ✧ EtyAC/MIZD (Dor. méd)
Doriathrin [Ety/MIZD; EtyAC/MIZD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

mizdā

adjective. wet

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MIZDI “*fine rain, dew” ✧ Ety/MIZD

Derivatives

  • Ilk. mêd “wet” ✧ Ety/MIZD
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MIZD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

limfa

noun. drink of the fairies

A noun appearing as G. limp and longer limpelis in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with the gloss “the drink of the fairies” (GL/54). Tolkien tentatively revised these in pencil to limfa and limfelis, and these two forms appeared in a name list from this same period (PE15/7). These forms did not appear again, but its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. limpe “wine” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/LIP).

Cognates

  • Eq. limpe “drink of the fairies, fairy-drink, elfwine” ✧ PE15/07; PE15/07

Variations

  • limfelis ✧ GL/54; PE15/07
Gnomish [GL/54; PE15/07] Group: Eldamo. Published by

limp(elis)

noun. drink of the fairies

Changes

  • limp → limfa “the drink of the fairies” ✧ GL/54
  • limpelis → limfelis ✧ GL/54

Cognates

  • Eq. limpe “drink of the fairies, fairy-drink, elfwine” ✧ GL/54; LT1A/limpë

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LIPI “*drip, drop” ✧ LT1A/limpë

Variations

  • limp ✧ GL/54; LT1A/limpë
  • limpelis ✧ GL/54; LT1A/limpë
Gnomish [GL/54; LT1A/limpë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

limfelis

noun. drink of the fairies

Early Noldorin

lhim(p)

adjective. wet

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LIQI “flow, water; clear, transparent”

Variations

  • lhim ✧ PE13/149
  • lhimp ✧ PE13/149
Early Noldorin [PE13/149] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nûd

adjective. wet

Changes

  • nûd → nûd “back” ✧ PE13/122

Cognates

  • Eq. nóte “dew” ✧ PE13/122

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NOSO “*damp, wet”

Variations

  • núd ✧ PE13/151
Early Noldorin [PE13/122; PE13/151] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

uqu

root. wet

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “wet”, with derivatives like ᴱQ. úqa “wet” and ᴱQ. úqil “rain” (QL/98). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon it had derivatives like G. ub⁽⁾ “wet” and G. uch “rain” (GL/74). In later writings Tolkien used different roots for “wet”.

Derivatives

  • ᴱ✶ukko “rain”
    • G. uch “rain” ✧ GL/74
  • Eq. ukku “rainbow” ✧ QL/098
  • Eq. uqu- “to rain” ✧ QL/098
  • Eq. úqil “rain” ✧ QL/098
  • Eq. úqa “wet” ✧ QL/098
  • G. ub “wet, moist, damp”
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

liqin(a)

adjective. wet

Cognates

  • G. glaib “dripping wet”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LIQI “flow, water; clear, transparent” ✧ LT1A/Nielíqui; QL/054

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LIQI > liqin(a)[liqin]✧ QL/054

Variations

  • liqin ✧ LT1A/Nielíqui; PME/054
Early Quenya [LT1A/Nielíqui; PME/054; QL/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nenda

adjective. wet

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NENE “flow”
Early Quenya [PE16/138] Group: Eldamo. Published by

úqa

adjective. wet

Cognates

  • G. ub “wet, moist, damp”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√UQU “wet” ✧ QL/098

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√UQU > ūqa[ūkʷā] > [ūkʷa]✧ QL/098

Variations

  • ūqa ✧ QL/098
Early Quenya [QL/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by