A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “point, nib, neb, nose” (GL/69). Its derivation is unclear.
Gnomish
nib
noun. snowflake
teb
noun. point, nib, neb, nose
tenc
noun. pen, nib
eg
noun. point
gwint
noun. face
A noun for “face” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, related to the verb G. gwinta- “to see” (GL/46); see that entry for possible etymologies.
A word appearing as G. nib “snowflake” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/60), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√NIQI “white” (QL/66), since medial and final q became p and then b.
Neo-Sindarin: I think this word can be salvaged as Neo-Sindarin ᴺS. nibis “snowflake”, cognate of Q. niquis.