manyel

female

[manyel noun "female" (PE17:190)]

manyel

feminine name. Manyel

A hypothetical feminine form of Manwë illustrating the use of the feminine suffix -iel, but the paragraph where it appeared was rejected (PE17/190).

Cognates

• S. Meiniel ✧ PE17/190

Elements

Word	Gloss
MAN	“good (morally), blessed, holy, unmarred, free from evil, good (morally), blessed, holy, unmarred, free from evil; [ᴹ√] holy spirit”
-iel	“-daughter; feminine suffix”

Variations

• manyel ✧ PE17/190 (manyel)

inimeitë

female

inimeitë adj.? ?"female" (INI)

inya

female

inya (1) adj. "female" (INI)

inu

adjective. female

inu

female

inu (analogical pl. iny)

inu

noun/adjective. female

Derivations

• √NĪ/INI “*female, [ᴹ√] female”

Element in

• ᴺS. inwas “feminity, womanhood”

inu

female

(analogical pl. iny)**

zinî

noun. female

A noun translated “female” and fully declined as an example of an (archaic) feminine Strong II noun (SD/437). The archaic form of this word is †zini which is a Strong II noun since it ends in a single short vowel. Its non-archaic form is zinî, which is presumably declined as a Weak II noun; most masculine and feminine nouns became weak in Classical Adûnaic (SD/436).

Variations

• zini ✧ SD/437 (zini)
• zinī ✧ SD/437

yenā

adjective. female

Derivations

• √EYE “feminine” ✧ PE21/83

Variations

• jēnā ✧ PE21/83 (jēnā)

inw

adjective. female

inw

noun/adjective. female

A word appearing as N. inw “female” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√INI of the same meaning, the equivalent of the Quenya adjective ᴹQ. inya but altered in form to match N. anw “male” (Ety/INI).

Conceptual Development: The word for “female” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s was G. gwinwed, an adjectival form of G. gwin “woman, female” (GL/45). In Gnomish Lexicon Slips from the 1910s the adjective for “fem[ale]” became G. gwineth based on primitive {ᴱ✶u̯eniı̯ásta >>} ᴱ✶u̯eniı̯ássa (PE13/118).

Neo-Sindarin: Many Neo-Sindarin writers adapt this word as ᴺS. inu to better fit Sindarin phonology, as suggested in HSD (HSD). It seems likely the Noldorin form was intended to be an adjective, but for purposes of Neo-Sindarin I think it is acceptable to use it as both an adjective or a noun, like its male equivalent ᴺS. anu.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. inya “female” ✧ Ety/INI

Derivations

• ᴹ√NĪ/INI “female” ✧ Ety/INI

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√INI > inw	[?]	✧ Ety/INI