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nettë

girl, daughter

nettë (stem *netti-, given the primitive form listed in VT47:17) noun "girl, daughter" (but also "sister", see below), also used as a play-name of the "fourth finger" or "fourth toe" (VT47:10, VT48:6), in two-hand play also used for the numeral "nine" (nettë is conceived as being related to nertë, q.v.) Nettë is also defined as "sister" or "girl approaching the adult" (VT47:16, VT49:25), "girl/daughter" (VT47:15-16); it may be that "sister" was Tolkien's final decision on the meaning (VT48:4, 22) - The related word nésa seems like a less ambiguous translation of "sister".

nettë

noun. (little) girl, sister (diminutive), daughter, pretty little thing, (little) girl, sister (diminutive), ️daughter, pretty little thing

A word appearing in several sets of notes from the late 1960s having to do with Hands, Fingers and Numerals. It was related to the finger name of the fourth finger (representing the sister). Tolkien mostly glossed it either as “(little) girl” or “sister (diminutive)”, but in one placed indicated it originally meant “pretty little thing” (VT47/33) and in another that it might be used for “daughter” (VT47/15). He also gave it several derivations, from √NET “trim, pretty, dainty” (VT47/33) or the root √NETH which itself was given a variety of meanings: “sister” (VT47/12, 26, 34), “(young) woman” (VT47/15, 32, 39) or “fresh, lively, merry” (VT47/32).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I think the meaning “(little) girl” is the most useful. For “sister” I would use nésa.

Changes

  • nettenette “girl” ✧ VT47/26
  • nettenette “girl” ✧ VT47/15

Cognates

  • S. neth “(little) girl; sister (diminutive)” ✧ VT47/14; VT47/33; VT48/06
  • S. nethig “sister, girl (diminutive)” ✧ VT48/06
  • T. netticë “sister (diminutive)” ✧ VT48/06
  • T. nettë “sister (diminutive)” ✧ VT47/11; VT47/14; VT47/15; VT48/06

Derivations

  • NETH “(young) woman, female person; sister; fresh, lively, merry, (young) woman, female person; sister; fresh, lively, merry; [ᴹ√] young” ✧ VT47/12; VT47/26; VT47/32; VT47/34
  • nēthā “sister” ✧ VT47/14
    • NETH “(young) woman, female person; sister; fresh, lively, merry, (young) woman, female person; sister; fresh, lively, merry; [ᴹ√] young” ✧ VT47/12
  • netthi “girl approaching the adult, sister (diminutive)” ✧ VT47/16; VT47/33; VT47/39
    • NETH “(young) woman, female person; sister; fresh, lively, merry, (young) woman, female person; sister; fresh, lively, merry; [ᴹ√] young” ✧ VT47/15; VT47/39
  • NET “trim, pretty, dainty” ✧ VT47/33

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
NETH > nette[nettʰe] > [nette]✧ VT47/12
nēthā > nette[nettʰe] > [nette]✧ VT47/14
neth > nette[nettʰe] > [nette]✧ VT47/26
NETH > nette[nettʰe] > [nette]✧ VT47/32
netthi > nette[nettʰi] > [nettʰe] > [nette]✧ VT47/33
net > nette[nette]✧ VT47/33
net > nette[nette]✧ VT47/33

Variations

  • nette ✧ VT47/10; VT47/11; VT47/12; VT47/12; VT47/14; VT47/15; VT47/15; VT47/15; VT47/15; VT47/26; VT47/26; VT47/32; VT47/33; VT47/33; VT47/33; VT47/33; VT47/34; VT47/39; VT47/42; VT48/06
Quenya [VT47/10; VT47/11; VT47/12; VT47/14; VT47/15; VT47/26; VT47/32; VT47/33; VT47/34; VT47/39; VT47/42; VT48/06] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nectë

honey

nectë noun "honey" (LT1:262; Tolkien's later Quenya has lis; otherwise, nectë would have had to become nehtë_, a form appearing in the Etymologies with the meaning "honeycomb" [VT45:38]. However, this word clashes with _nehtë "angle" or "spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory" from later sources [PE17:55, UT:282].)

nehte

noun. honey

honey

Quenya [PE 19:91] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

nehtë

noun. honey, honey; [ᴹQ.] honeycomb

Cognates

  • S. nîdh “juice, juice; [N.] honeycomb” ✧ PE19/091
  • T. nettë “honey” ✧ PE19/091

Derivations

  • negdē “exudation” ✧ PE19/091
    • NEG “‽ooze, drip, ooze, drip; *honey” ✧ PE19/091

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
negdē > nehte[negdē] > [nektē] > [nextē] > [nexte]✧ PE19/091

Variations

  • nehte ✧ PE19/091

lís

noun. honey, honey, *sugar

Derivations

  • LIS “*sweet, [ᴱ√] sweetness, [ᴹ√] honey” ✧ PE17/154

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
(G)LIS > lîs[līs]✧ PE17/154

Variations

  • lîs ✧ PE17/154

melu

honey

#melu noun "honey", isolated from melumatya, q.v. (PE17:68)

melu

noun. honey

Element in

  • Q. melumatya “honey-eating” ✧ PE17/068
  • ᴺQ. meluquetya “sweet-speaking person, flatterer”