nendë
pool
nendë
noun. lake, lake, [ᴹQ.] pool
A word for “lake” (PE17/52) or “pool” (Ety/NEN), derived from the root √NEN “water”.
Conceptual Development: This word appeared in both The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/NEN) and notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s (PE17/37) with the same basic meaning and derivation.
Derivations
- √NEN “water, water, [ᴱ√] flow” ✧ PE17/052
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √NEN > nende [nende] ✧ PE17/052 Variations
- nende ✧ PE17/052
nendë
slope, hillside
[nendë] (2) noun "slope, hillside" (DEN, struck out; compare VT45:9)
pendë
slope, downslope, declivity
pendë noun "slope, downslope, declivity" (PEN/PÉNED), "steep incline, hill side" (PE17:24)
penda-
slope, incline
penda- vb. "slope, incline" (PE17:171, 173)
lóna
pool, mere
lóna (1) noun "pool, mere" (VT42:10). Variant of lón, lónë above?
linya
pool
linya noun "pool" (LIN1)
ailo
lake, pool
ailo noun "lake, pool" (LT2:339; Tolkien's later Quenya has ailin)
nen
noun. nostril
Derivations
- ᴹ√NEÑ “*nose”
nendë (1) noun "pool" (NEN), "lake" (PE17:52)