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Early Quenya

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”.

Cognates

Variations

  • nierwe ✧ PME/041; PME/065
Early Quenya [LT1A/Nielluin; PME/041; PME/065; QL/065] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nierwe

noun. hive

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).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√IɃI “to swarm” ✧ QL/041

Element in

  • Eq. imbile “swarm, flock” ✧ QL/041

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√IɃI > imbe[imbē] > [imbe]✧ QL/041
Early Quenya [PME/041; QL/041] Group: Eldamo. Published by