nettë
girl, daughter
iell
girl
1) iell (-iel) (daughter, maid), pl. ill; 2) sell (i hell) (daughter, maid), pl. sill (i sill), coll. pl. sellath. 3) (girl in her teens, approaching the adult) neth (also used = ”sister”), pl. nith (VT47:14-16, 33; VT48:6). Notice the homophone neth ”young”. The final element -wen in names means ”girl, maiden, virgin”.
iell
girl
(-iel) (daughter, maid), pl. ill
sell
girl
(i hell) (daughter, maid), pl. sill (i sill), coll. pl. sellath.
neth
girl
(also used = ”sister”), pl. nith (VT47:14-16, 33; VT48:6). Notice the homophone neth ”young”. – The final element -wen in names means ”girl, maiden, virgin”.
nithil
noun. girl
A noun translated “girl” and fully declined as an example of a feminine Strong I noun (SD/430). It is also used as an example of feminine nouns that use the suffix -i in their objective inflection as opposed to the usual -u: nithli (SD/431). Though not explicitly stated, nithli is also an example of the variant objective-with-syncope syntax discussed on SD/435. Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne suggested (AAD/21) it may be related to the Elvish root √NETH “young”.
Derivations
- √NETH “(young) woman, female person; sister; fresh, lively, merry, (young) woman, female person; sister; fresh, lively, merry; [ᴹ√] young”
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véne
noun. girl
Derivations
Element in
- ᴹQ. venesse “virginity” ✧ Ety/WEN
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶wen- > wéne > véne [wēne] > [vēne] ✧ Ety/WEN
gwen
noun. girl
A noun for “girl” derived from primitive ᴹ✶wen- (Ety/WEN). Here the [[ilk|initial [w] became [gw]]].
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶wen- > gwen [wen] > [gwen] ✧ Ety/WEN
wen-
noun. girl
Derivations
- ᴹ√WEN(ED) “maiden” ✧ Ety/WEN
Derivatives
Element in
gwennin
noun. girl
Changes
gwen→ gwennin ✧ GL/45Cognates
- Eq. wen(di) “maid, girl, maiden”
Derivations
- ᴱ√GWENE “*maiden; woman” ✧ GL/45
Element in
- G. gwenniniol “maiden(ly), girlish” ✧ GL/45
- G. Gwenninûr
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√gu̯eđe > gwennin [gʷendin] > [gʷennin] ✧ GL/45 Variations
- gwen ✧ GL/45 (
gwen)
mella
noun. girl
A word for “girl” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√MELE “love”, but Tolkien marked it with a “?” (QL/60). The same word did appear in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, however (PME/60).
Derivations
- ᴱ√MELE “love” ✧ QL/060
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√MELE > mella [mellā] > [mella] ✧ QL/060
nettë (stem *netti-, given the primitive form listed in VT47:17) noun "girl, daughter" (but also "sister", see below), also used as a play-name of the "fourth finger" or "fourth toe" (VT47:10, VT48:6), in two-hand play also used for the numeral "nine" (nettë is conceived as being related to nertë, q.v.) Nettë is also defined as "sister" or "girl approaching the adult" (VT47:16, VT49:25), "girl/daughter" (VT47:15-16); it may be that "sister" was Tolkien's final decision on the meaning (VT48:4, 22) - The related word nésa seems like a less ambiguous translation of "sister".