Early Quenya
nelqa
adjective. cornered
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Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
nelqa
adjective. cornered
A word appearing as ᴱQ. nelqa in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, glossed “cornered, often = square” and based on the early root ᴱ√NELE “point” which in this document was also the basis for ᴱQ. nelde “four” (QL/65).
Neo-Quenya: In Tolkien’s later writings Q. neldë and √NEL meant “three”, but I think ᴺQ. nelqua “cornered, ✱angled” might be retained in reference to [ᴹQ.] neltil “triangle” (Ety/NEL).