nī/ini

root. *female, [ᴹ√] female

A root associated with feminity, most often used in its extended variant √NIS. The root first appeared as invertible ᴹ√NĪ/INI “female, woman” in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. inya/N. inw “female” and ᴹQ. inimeite “✱feminine” (Ety/INI, NĪ¹). Invertible √INI “female” was also mentioned in the contemporaneous Primitive Quendian Structure: Final Consonants (PE21/55), and √INI was mentioned again in Common Eldarin: Noun Structure from the early 1950s (PE21/71).

Derivatives

• ✶nīs “woman, female person” ✧ PE21/71
  • Q. nís “woman”
• ᴺS. inu “female”

Element in

• ✶kherūnī “lady”
• ᴺQ. iniva “womanly”

Variations

• INI ✧ PE21/71

ini

root. *female

yenā

adjective. female

Derivations

• √EYE “feminine” ✧ PE21/83

Variations

• jēnā ✧ PE21/83 (jēnā)