A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “mead” in the sense “✱meadow”, a derivative of ᴱ√EŊE (QL/36).
Early Quenya
nes
noun. food, feed, fodder
Derivations
- ᴱ√NESE “give to feed; feed, pasture; graze” ✧ QL/066
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√NESE > nes² [nest] > [nes] ✧ QL/066
nes
noun. mead, valley, land
Derivations
- ᴱ√NEÐE ✧ QL/066
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√NEŘE > nes [neðs] > [nezs] > [ness] > [nes] ✧ QL/066 Variations
- nes ✧ QL/066 (nes)
enga
noun. mead
Derivations
- ᴱ√EŊE “*plane, level” ✧ QL/036
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√EŊE > enga [eŋgā] > [eŋga] ✧ QL/036
matso
noun. food
matl
noun. food
Cognates
- G. madri “food, edibles”
Derivations
- ᴱ√MATA “eat” ✧ QL/059
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√MATA > matl [matlǝ] > [matl] > [matḷ] > [matḷ] ✧ QL/059
A noun given as archaic ᴱQ. †nes (ness-) “mead, valley, land” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the root ᴱ√NEŘE [NEÐE], but Tolkien indicated it should be transferred to ᴱ√NESE, which is a much more plausible root for this word (QL/66).