nanwë

noun. ebb, lowtide

A noun for an ebb-tide, first given as lanwe “ebb-tide” < ✶danmi “retreat” (VT48/32), then as nanwe “ebb, lowtide” < ✶ndanmē (VT48/26), appearing in notes on Variation D/L in Common Eldarin from the late 1960s. It was contrasted with luimë “flood, high tide” (VT48/24). I would interpret nanwe to mean a state of lowered water from any source, either low tide or a reduced river flow, but mostly for low tide as that would be the more common source.

nanwë

ebb, lowtide

nanwë noun "ebb, lowtide" (VT48:26). Compare lanwë.

lanwë

ebb-tide

lanwë (stem *lanwi-, given primitive form ¤danmi) noun "ebb-tide" (VT48:32). Compare nanwë.

lanwë

noun. ebb-tide