nehte

noun. honey

honey

nehtë

noun. spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory; angle

A word given as Q. {nakte >>} nehte or nekke, the equivalent of S. naith “angle”, all based on the root √NEK as described in Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings (WPP) from the late 1950s or early 1960s (PE17/55). In late notes associated with the “Disaster at Gladden Fields” Tolkien again derived Q. nehte from √nek “narrow”, saying it applied to “any formation or projection tapering to a point” and could thus be used for “spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory” (UT/282).

Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had ᴹQ. nasta “spear-head, spear-point, gore, triangle” under from the root ᴹ√SNAS, that in this document was also the basis for N. naith “gore” (Ety/SNAS; EtyAC/SNAS). There was another word of similar meaning in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) of 1948: ᴹQ. enke “spear point” based on the root ᴹ√EK, but the page where this word appeared was marked through (PE22/127 note #152).

nehtë

noun. honey, honey; [ᴹQ.] honeycomb

A noun for “honey” appearing in 1970 green-ink revisions to the Outline of Phonology (OP2) derived from ✶negdē “exudation” based on the root √NEG “ooze, drip” (PE19/91). It was a later iteration of ᴹQ. nehte “honeycomb” in The Etymologies of the 1930s which had essentially the same derivation (EtyAC/NEG). This in turn was a later form of ᴱQ. nekte “honey” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√NEHE having to do with bees and honey (QL/65).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d use this word only for “honey”. For “honeycomb” I’d use ᴺQ. nehtelë inspired by ᴱQ. nektele “honeycomb” (QL/65)

nehtë

angle

nehtë (1) noun "angle" (PE17:55), any formation or projection tapering to a point: a spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory (UT:282). Variant neccë.

nehtë

honeycomb

nehtë (2) noun "honeycomb" (VT45:38)

nectë

honey

nectë noun "honey" (LT1:262; Tolkien's later Quenya has lis; otherwise, nectë would have had to become nehtë_, a form appearing in the Etymologies with the meaning "honeycomb" [VT45:38]. However, this word clashes with _nehtë "angle" or "spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory" from later sources [PE17:55, UT:282].)

nehtelë

noun. honeycomb

lís

noun. honey, honey, *sugar, sweetener

A word for “honey” in Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959 given as lîs and derived from the root √(G)LIS (PE17/154); the usual representation of a long vowel in Quenya would be ✱lís. In DLN Tolkien said that it sometimes appeared as līr- in inflections with the usual change of intervocalic *s* to *r*, but that its usual stem form was liss-. Indeed, in The Etymologies of the 1930s this word was ᴹQ. lis “honey” under the root ᴹ√LIS of the same meaning, and its stem form was also liss- as indicated by its [ᴹQ.] genitive lissen (Ety/LIS). Tolkien originally gave the base noun as lisse in The Etymologies, but this was deleted and replaced by lis (EtyAC/LIS). In The Etymologies its Noldorin cognate was N. glî.

Conceptual Development: A likely precursor to this word was ᴱQ. ile “honey” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, cognate to ᴱN. glí “honey” (GL/59).

Neo-Quenya: Since there are other honey-words in Quenya like Q. nehtë, I would use lís (liss-) for sweeteners in general, including both honey and sugar.

melu

noun. honey

A word for “honey” appearing only in the compound Q. melumatya “honey-eating” in notes from 1967 (PE17/68).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I recommend using the better-established Q. nehtë for “honey”.

neccë

angle

neccë ("k")noun "angle" (PE17:45). Variant of nehtë #1, q.v.

vennassë

noun. angle

A neologism for “angle” coined by Boris Shapiro in PPQ (PPQ) from the early 2000s, inspired by N. bennas. I would use Q. nehtë “angle”, published in 2007 after Shapiro coined his word.

melu

honey

#melu noun "honey", isolated from melumatya, q.v. (PE17:68)

neccë

noun. angle