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nanwa

existing, actual (true)

nanwa adj. "existing, actual (true)" (VT49:30). Compare the near-synonym anwa.

nanwa

adjective. existing, actual (true), existing, actual (true), *real; [️ᴱQ.] being

Cognates

Element in

  • ᴺQ. nanwavë “truly, actually”
  • ᴺQ. nanwië “reality”
  • ᴺQ. sinanwa “present, in a particular place, existing or occurring now”

Variations

  • nanwa ✧ VT49/30

nanwa

noun. a (large) bowl

A word for “a (large) bowl or similar artifact” in notes from the late 1960s, derived from primitive ✶nadmā based on the root √NAD “hollow” (NM/351).

Derivations

  • nadmā “a (large) bowl” ✧ NM/351
    • NAD “hollow (of structures or natural features more or less concave with rising sides)” ✧ NM/351

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
nadmā > nanwa[nadmā] > [nanmā] > [nanwā] > [nanwa]✧ NM/351

Variations

  • nanwa ✧ NM/351

návë

being

návë "being", *"to be", infinitive (or gerund) of ; see #1. (PE17:68)

návë

noun. being

Cognates

  • ᴺS. nast “being (abstract); being (creature)”

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
ná-“to be, to be, [ᴱQ.] exist”
-vë“abstract noun, adverb”

Variations

  • nāve ✧ PE17/068

ëala

being, spirit

ëala noun "being, spirit" (pl. ëalar is attested), spirits whose natural state it is to exist without a physical body, like Balrogs (MR:165). The word apparently originates from the participle of ëa, q.v.

ea

existing, being

Quenya [PE 22:122] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

ére

gerund noun. existing, existence

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