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Early Quenya

losse

noun. rose; (white) flower

Cognates

  • G. lôs “flower” ✧ LT2A/Lôs; PE15/28
  • G. Loth “Flower, Rose” ✧ PE13/102

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LASA “*leaf”

Element in

Variations

  • lossë ✧ LT2A/Lôs (lossë)
  • Losse ✧ PE13/102 (Losse)
Early Quenya [LT2A/Lôs; PE13/102; PE14/056; PE15/28; PE16/100; PME/056; QL/044; QL/056] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lossa

adjective. white

Derivations

Element in

Early Quenya [MC/213; MC/216; PE16/092] Group: Eldamo. Published by

losille

noun. rose

A variant of ᴱQ. losse “rose” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s (QL/56; PME/56). In later writings lossë was associated with white flowers, not roses.

Early Quenya [PME/056; QL/056] Group: Eldamo. Published by

niqileninqe

adjective. snow-white

A word for “snow-white” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of ᴱQ. niqilis “fine snow” and ᴱQ. ninqe “white” (QL/66).

Early Quenya [QL/066] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fáwe

noun. snow

A Qenya noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, cognate to G. “snow” (GL/35).

Cognates

  • G. “snow” ✧ GL/35

Derivations

Element in

  • Eq. fauta- “to snow” ✧ GL/35
Early Quenya [GL/35] Group: Eldamo. Published by

niqis

noun. snow

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NIQI “white” ✧ LT1A/Taniquetil; QL/066

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NIQI > niqis[niqiss] > [niqis]✧ QL/066

Variations

  • niqis- ✧ PME/066
Early Quenya [LT1A/Taniquetil; PME/066; QL/066] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ninqe

adjective. white

Cognates

  • G. nimp “pallid” ✧ GL/60
  • En. nimp “wan, pale, sickly” ✧ PE13/164

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NIQI “white” ✧ LT1A/Taniquetil; QL/066

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NIQI > ninqe[niŋkʷi] > [niŋkʷe]✧ QL/066

Variations

  • ninqë ✧ LT1A/Nielíqui; LT1A/Taniquetil
  • ninkve ✧ PE16/072; PE16/072; PE16/077
Early Quenya [GL/60; LT1A/Nielíqui; LT1A/Taniquetil; MC/213; MC/220; PE13/164; PE14/045; PE14/048; PE14/077; PE14/080; PE15/78; PE16/056; PE16/057; PE16/060; PE16/062; PE16/064; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/077; PE16/081; PE16/100; PE16/140; PME/066; QL/066] Group: Eldamo. Published by