nev-

try

nev- vb. "try" (PE17:167; Tolkien in the source expresses uncertainty as to whether this word should be adopted or not)

nev-

verb. to try, to try, *experiment

Cognates

• S. dev- “to try, to try, *experiment, test” ✧ PE17/167

Derivations

• √NDAB “endeavor, try, seek opportunity” ✧ PE17/167; PE22/151

Element in

• Q. nauva túlë “he will try to come” ✧ PE22/151
• ᴺQ. nevië “experiment”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√NDEB > nev-	[ndeb-] > [ndeβ-] > [neβ-] > [nev-]	✧ PE17/167
√NDAB > nauva	[ndabuba] > [ndaβuβa] > [naβuβa] > [nauβa] > [nauva]	✧ PE22/151

nav-

verb. to try

ric-

try, put forth effort, strive, endeavour

#ric- ("k") (1) vb. "try, put forth effort, strive, endeavour" (PE17:93, 94, 167), imperative á ricë "try!", pl. á ricir "let them try", á rice am(a)ricië "try harder!" (or more idiomatically á carë (sí) ancarië, lit. *"do (now) with more doing!"

nev-

verb. to face, turn toward, *confront

Derivations

• √NEB “turn towards (speaker), turn towards (speaker), *front”

séya-

verb. to seem

Derivations

• ᴹ√THĒ “look (see or seem)”