nie

noun. tear

nienna

feminine name. Nienna

Sobriquet for the female Vala ᴱQ. Fui, at this stage the wife of Mandos (LT1/66). Her name appeared as Nyenna in the Qenya Lexicon, a derivative of either ᴱ√NYE(NE) “bleat” or ᴱ√NYEHE “weep” (QL/68).

nienóri

feminine name. Nienóri

nieninqe

Nieninqe

nielíqi

feminine name. little Niéle, little Nielikki, little Niele

A daughter of Orome and Vána in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/93), her name seems to be a combination of the roots ᴱ√NYEHE “weep” and ᴱ√LIQI “water”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Nielíqui). Her name also appeared as Nielikki or Nyelikki (QL/69).

Conceptual Development: In the Nieninqe poem from the late 1920s, Tolkien glossed the form Nielikkilis as {“little Nielikki” >>} “little Niéle” (MC/215; PE16/90, 92), an indication that the name had become Niele plus some sort of diminutive, perhaps ✶-ikki + ᴱ√LISI, as suggested by Lokyt (c.f. ᴱQ. miqilis “soft kisses” from the same poem). The form Nielikkilis reappeared in a later version of the poem from the mid-1950s, but it seems unlikely that this character was a part of Tolkien’s later conception of his legendarium.

nieriltasinwa

proper name. Unnumbered Tears

Qenya cognate of the battle of Nínin-Udathriol “Unnumbered Tears” in the earliest Lost Tales (LT2/84). It initial element is the plural of nie “tear” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Nielluin). The remainder seems to be a combination of the negative prefix il- “un-” and the otherwise unattested adjective tasinwa “numbered”, likely related to tanta “number” (QL/90).

nielluin

proper name. Bee of Azure, Blue Bee, Sirius

Name of Sirius in the earliest Lost Tales, glossed “Bee of Azure” or “Blue Bee” (LT1/182, 200), also appearing as Niellune (QL/65, PME/65). The name is a combination of the roots nier “honey bee” and lúne “blue”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Nielluin). In the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, there was a variant form Nierninwa using ninwa for “blue” instead (QL/65, PME/65).

nier

noun. (honey) bee

A word appearing as ᴱQ. nier (nies-) “honey bee” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from primitive ᴱ✶neχier under the early root ᴱ√NEHE that was the basis for “honey” and “bee” words (QL/65). It had a variant form nies (niess-). It appeared as nier “bee” in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/65), but in the Gnomish Lexicon it had the forms nier and nion derived from primitive ᴱ✶negeher and ᴱ✶negōn respectively.

Neo-Quenya: In Tolkien’s later writings, the root √NEG “ooze, drip” was still connected to “honey” (PE19/91). Thus I think this word might be salvaged as ᴺQ. nier “bee” derived from an ancient agental formation neger(ŏ), where ege > eʒe > ëe > ie (PE19/63).

nierwes

noun. hive

A word appearing as ᴱQ. nierwes (nierwest-) “hive” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of ᴱQ. nier “honey bee” (QL/65); the editors indicated the stem consonants st were unclear. It appeared as nierwe “hive” in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/65).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. nieres (nieress-) “hive” as a reduction of an abstract noun form nieresse = “a bee-ness”.

nieninqe

noun. snowdrop, (lit.) white tear

nienaite

adjective. tearful

nierninwa

proper name. Sirius, Blue bee

nieninqea

adjective. like a snowdrop

nierme

?. [unglossed]

nierme mintya náre qanta

*reminds me that it is filled with grief

nierwe

noun. hive

nies

noun. honey bee

tánie

adjective. [unglossed]

fui

feminine name. Death-goddess, Nienna

núri

feminine name. Fui

Another name for Nienna in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/66), derived from the root ᴱ√NURU having to do with growling (QL/68).

táne

adjective. [unglossed]

nyére

noun. grief

alle

?. [unglossed]

anaukante

?. [unglossed]

angwe

?. [unglossed]

anwe

?. [unglossed]

aukaine

?. [unglossed]

eant

?. [unglossed]

ematte

?. [unglossed]

fingwe

?. [unglossed]

hingwe

?. [unglossed]

hyanta

?. [unglossed]

imbe

noun. hive

A word for “hive” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√IɃI “to swarm” (QL/41).

intya

?. [unglossed]

ka

?. [unglossed]

kana

adjective. young

laisifalle

noun. [unglossed]

lantanwa

adjective. [unglossed]

las

noun. [unglossed]

lilyen

?. [unglossed]

linqarassea

adjective. [unglossed]

lossiattea

?. [unglossed]

lungwe

?. [unglossed]

láwakéle

?. [unglossed]

min-

verb. [unglossed]

nauto

noun. [unglossed]

nawa-

verb. [unglossed]

ningwe

?. [unglossed]

nion

noun. bee

nyúken

?. [unglossed]

pingwe

?. [unglossed]

piqis(se)

noun. grief

porokoi

?. [unglossed]

pundo

noun. [unglossed]

póya

adjective. [unglossed]

ralle

?. [unglossed]

saile

noun. [unglossed]

saqa-

verb. [unglossed]

sauke

?. [unglossed]

sinqita-

verb. [unglossed]

sivilda

?. [unglossed]

súlimarya

?. [unglossed]

súme

?. [unglossed]

talarin

adjective. [unglossed]

tantilta-

verb. [unglossed]

tilio

proper name. Sirius

A name for Sirius in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa from the 1910s derived from the root ᴱ√TILI (QL/92; PME/92).

tirípti

?. [unglossed]

toron

?. [unglossed]

tultárie

adjective. [unglossed]

tyanta

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ukárele

noun. [unglossed]

umpai

?. [unglossed]

upaitya-

verb. [unglossed]

usult

?. [unglossed]

valle

?. [unglossed]

vingwe

?. [unglossed]

yu

?. [unglossed]