A word for “trinket, (?small thing) of personal adornment” [part of the gloss is hard to read] derived from √NET “trim, pretty, dainty” in notes from the late 1960s associated with one of the etymologies for nettë “(little) girl” (VT47/33).
Quenya
netil
trinket, [?small thing] of personal adornment
netil
noun. trinket, (?small thing) of personal adornment, trinket, small thing of personal adornment
Derivations
- √NET “trim, pretty, dainty” ✧ VT47/33
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √net > netil [netil] ✧ VT47/33
netil noun "trinket, [?small thing] of personal adornment" (Tolkien's gloss was not certainly legible) (VT47:33)