nínui

adjective. *tearful

Element in

• N. Eithel Nínui “Fountain of Tinúviel” ✧ LR/301

Elements

Word	Gloss
nîn	“tear”
-ui	“adjective suffix”

Variations

• Nínui ✧ LR/301

níniel

adjective. tearful

nîn

noun. tear

nîn

noun. tear

Derivations

• ᴹ✶neinē “tear” ✧ Ety/NEI
  • ᴹ√NEY “tear” ✧ Ety/NEI; EtyAC/NEI
• ᴹ√NEY “tear” ✧ Ety/NEI

Element in

• N. Níniel “Tear-maiden; Tearful”
• N. niniel “tearful” ✧ Ety/NEI
• N. nínui “*tearful”
• N. nínim “snowdrop” ✧ Ety/NEI

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶neinē > nîn	[neinē] > [neine] > [nīne] > [nīn]	✧ Ety/NEI

Variations

• nî ✧ EtyAC/NEI (nî)

nîr

noun. tear, weeping

niniel

adjective. tearful

Derivations

• ᴹ✶neiniel- “tearful” ✧ Ety/NEI

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶neiniel- > niniel	[neiniela] > [nīniela] > [nīniel] > [niniel]	✧ Ety/NEI

nend

adjective. watery

nenn

adjective. watery

nenn

adjective. watery

An adjective given as N. nenn “watery” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from primitive ᴹ✶nendā (Ety/NEN).

Neo-Sindarin: In keeping with the idea that the sound “remained nd at the end of fully accented monosyllables” in Sindarin (LotR/1115), I would represent this word as ᴺS. nend in Neo-Sindarin.

Derivations

• ᴹ✶nendā “watery, wet” ✧ Ety/NEN
  • ᴹ√NEN “*water” ✧ Ety/NEN

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶nendā > nend > nenn	[nendā] > [nenda] > [nend] > [nenn]	✧ Ety/NEN

nenneth

noun. February, *Watery

Changes

• Nenneth → Ninui “February” ✧ PM/136

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Nendesse “February, *Wet-ness” ✧ PM/134