Quenya 

nengwëa

nasal

nengwëa adj.or noun "nasal" (NEÑ-WI)


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Qenya 

nengwea

adjective. nasal

A word for “nasal” in The Etymologies from the 1930s, simply an adjectival form of ᴹQ. nengwe “nose” (Ety/NEÑ-WI). It also appeared in the version of Tengwesta Qenderinwa from the 1930s (TQ1) as a nominalized plural Nengwear “nasals”, labeling the nasal row of a chart of sounds (PE18/30).

Elements

WordGloss
nengwe“nose”
-a“adjectival suffix”
Qenya [Ety/NEÑ-WI; PE18/030] Group: Eldamo. Published by