Quenya 

nícë

little finger

nícë "little finger" (VT48:5, 15), also lepincë

nícë

noun. little finger

Changes

  • nitye → níke ✧ VT48/05

Cognates

  • S. niged “little finger” ✧ VT48/05
  • T. nícë “little finger” ✧ VT48/05

Elements

WordGloss
níca“little, small”

Variations

  • níke ✧ VT48/05
  • nitye ✧ VT48/15 (nitye)
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nityë

little finger

[nityë noun, ephemeral word for "little finger", changed to nícë (VT48:15)

nihtil

little finger

[nihtil noun "little finger" (VT47:26)]

lepincë

little finger

lepincë ("k")noun "little finger" (VT47:26, VT48:5); variant lepinca (VT47:10). According to VT48:15, 18, lepincë is derived from older lepinki; if so the Quenya form should have the stem lepinci-.

lepincë

noun. little finger

A word for the “little finger” in notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from 1968, a combination of ✶lepe “finger” and the diminutive suffix ✶-inki, appearing first as lepinka and later as lepinke (VT47/10-11; VT48/5). The short form Q. {nitye >>} níke was also used for the “little finger” (VT48/5, 15).

Conceptual Development: In drafts of these notes, the word first appeared as Q. nihtil, a combination of √NIK “small” and Q. -til “point” (VT47/26).

Cognates

  • S. lebig “little finger” ✧ VT48/05

Variations

  • lepinka ✧ VT47/10; VT47/27
  • lepinke ✧ VT47/26; VT48/05; VT48/18
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lepinca

little finger

lepinca ("k")noun "little finger" (VT47:10); variant lepincë (VT47:26, VT48:5)

lepinca

noun. little finger

Sindarin 

niged

noun. little finger

Cognates

  • Q. nícë “little finger” ✧ VT48/05

Derivations

  • √NIK “small”

lebig

noun. little finger

A name for the little finger in notes on Eldarin Hands, Fingers and Numerals from 1968, it is simply ✶lepe “finger” combined with the diminutive suffix -ig (VT48/5). An alternate form niged had the same meaning, an elaboration of √NIK “small” (VT48/5).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. lemp⁽⁾ “a crooked finger; little finger” (GL/53), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√LEPE used for contemporaneous Qenya finger words (QL/53).

Cognates

  • Q. lepincë “little finger” ✧ VT48/05

Elements

WordGloss
leber“finger”
-eg“diminutive/singular ending”

niged

little finger

niged (pl. nigid) _(VT48:5), also called lebig (no distinct pl. form) (VT48:5, 15). _

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nícë

noun. little finger

Cognates

  • Q. nícë “little finger” ✧ VT48/05

Derivations

  • √NIK “small”

Variations

  • níke ✧ VT48/05