ní

noun. woman, female

An archaic noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “woman” or “female” directly derived from the root ᴹ√NĪ, in ordinary speech usually replaced by ᴹQ. nis (Ety/INI, NĪ¹).

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. nî “woman” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as a cognate to G. †nîr of the same meaning (GL/60).

ni

pronoun. I, me

níre

noun. níre

ninqeru

noun. white man, white male swan, white ship, white (male thing or personification)

nirwa

adjective. scarred

A word for “scarred” The Etymologies of the 1930s in the entry for the deleted root ᴹ√NID “hurt, injure” (Ety/NID²).

nis

noun. woman (of any kindred: elf, human or dwarf)

nie

noun. tear

níte

adjective. moist, dewy, moist, dewy, *damp (of weather)

niqe

noun. snow

nindari

noun. river-maid, nymph

nisse

noun. woman

niule

?. [unglossed]

níla tyaze matite sí

I don’t like eating (to eat) it now

nístaza

I know it, I am aware of it, quite so

-nye

suffix. I

nengwe

noun. nose

A word for “nose” in The Etymologies written around 1937, derived from ᴹ√NEÑ-WI (Ety/NEÑ-WI), an elaboration of the shorter root ᴹ√NEÑ (EtyAC/NEÑ-WI). Given its primitive form, its stem ought to be nengwi-, but in attested compounds this word is consistently nengwe-, so perhaps Tolkien changed his mind on its primitive form.

Conceptual Development: The earliest percursor to this word seems to be ᴱQ. nen (neng-) “nostril” in several documents from the 1920s (PE14/72; PE15/75; PE16/113), whose dual nenqi was also used for a “nose” of one person (PE14/76; PE15/75). In the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s, Tolkien had nin (ning-) “beak, nose” < ᴹ✶nengǝ (PE21/26), though this phonetic shift of short e to i is rather unusual and seems to be limited to this document.

linya

noun. pool

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “pool” derived from the root ᴹ√LIN of the same meaning (Ety/LIN¹).

Conceptual Development: A similar word ᴹQ. linde “pool” appears in the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s (PE21/10), but this word is probably best avoided, as it clashes with Q. lindë “singing, song” (PE17/80).

seler

noun. sister

A noun for “sister” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√THEL or THELES of the same meaning, with an irregular plural selli (Ety/THEL), where the stem form sell- is because the Quenya syncope caused the second e to be lost and then the ancient ls became ll.

Neo-Quenya: In notes from the late 1960s, Tolkien introduced a new word nésa for “sister” (VT47/14). However, I think seler might be retained to mean a “metaphorical” sister, a close female associate who may or may not be related by blood, as with such words as meletheldi “love-sister, ✱close female friend” or ᴹQ. oselle “sworn sister”. In this sense, nésa would be limited to biological relationships, but seler would refer to sisterly (or sister-like) affection.

sáva

noun. juice

A noun in The Etymologies of the late 1930s glossed “juice” from the root ᴹ√SAB of the same meaning (Ety/SAB).

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. văsă “juice” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (a cognate to G. gwâs) is a possible precursor (GL/44).

nye

pronoun. me, I

-(n)ikka

suffix. small

atan

noun. Man

mitsa

adjective. small

nehte

noun. honeycomb

nén

noun. water

nése

noun. youth

a

preposition. [unglossed]

alama

noun. [unglossed]

amaldume

noun. [unglossed]

anaristya

noun. [unglossed]

anta

noun. face

apsa

noun. juice

assa

pronoun. [unglossed]

asse

pronoun. [unglossed]

asso

pronoun. [unglossed]

engwa

?. [unglossed]

ente

pronoun. [unglossed]

ento

pronoun. [unglossed]

ereáma

?. [unglossed]

es

[unglossed]

hyelma

?. [unglossed]

inye

pronoun. I (emphatic)

kaltua

?. [unglossed]

kanda

noun. [unglossed]

karpalimaite

noun. [unglossed]

laqe[t]-

verb. [unglossed]

lau(w)e

?. [unglossed]

linde

noun. pool

linqe

adjective. wet, wet, [ᴱQ.] flowing; water, stream

lis

noun. honey

luina

adjective. pale

mahtya

?. [unglossed]

mai(y)a

noun. [unglossed]

maldo

noun. [unglossed]

mende

noun. will

miksa

adjective. wet, wet, *damp

nandakka-

verb. [unglossed]

nende

noun. pool

nerno

?. [unglossed]

nessa

adjective. young

nesse

noun. youth

nú

proper name. Moon

A name for the moon in linguistic notes from 1930s (PE21/38, 41), perhaps a derivative of the root ᴹ√NDŪ “go down”, though this root usually applied to the Sun. Its dual form Nunt referred to both the sun and moon (PE21/38).

olta-

verb. [unglossed]

pite

noun. juice

rampa

?. [unglossed]

sahte

noun. [unglossed]

sarya

noun. [unglossed]

sisíria-

verb. [unglossed]

séra

?. [unglossed]

sóla

?. [unglossed]

tante

noun. [unglossed]

tatalta-

verb. [unglossed]

teuka

?. [unglossed]

thar-

verb. [unglossed]

timpana

noun. [unglossed]

toina

adjective. [unglossed]

toróma

noun. [unglossed]

tyue

noun. [unglossed]

unda-

verb. to sink

varinye

noun. [unglossed]

veo

noun. man

vírie

noun. youth

yelme

noun. [unglossed]

éma

?. [unglossed]