Early Quenya
nin
noun. blue (colour), blueness, blue green
Cognates
- G. nim “pale blue, blue green”
Derivations
- ᴱ√NINI “*blue” ✧ QL/066
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√NINI > nin [nind] > [nin] ✧ QL/066 Variations
- ninda ✧ PE16/138
ni
pronoun. I; 1st sg. pronoun
Element in
- Eq. an ni “give (it) me” ✧ PE14/053
- Eq. an nir “give (it) me” ✧ PE14/053
- Eq. nímo “I (emphatic); 1st sg. pronoun” ✧ PE14/052
- Eq.
mai ni·tule na tu·tulil nai“if I come then they might come” ✧ PE14/059 (mai ni·tule na tu·tulil nai*)- Eq. mai ni·tule tu·tulil “if I come (generic), they come (generic)” ✧ PE14/059
- Eq. mai ni·túlie tu·túliel “*if I had come, they would have come” ✧ PE14/059
- Eq. mai ni·tuluva tu·tuluval “whenever I come, they will come” ✧ PE14/059
- Eq. mai ni·tuluva tu·tuluval ki “if I come (fut.), they will come” ✧ PE14/059
- Eq. mára mesta an ni véla tye ento, ya rato nea “good-bye until I see you next, and I hope it will be soon” ✧ LFC/030
- Eq. ninya “*my; 1st sg. possessive emphatic” ✧ PE14/052
- Eq. ni·hepsine nímo tanko i·mailinen losselin “(it was) I myself (that) bound firmly the beautiful flowers” ✧ PE14/056
- Eq. ni·tule “I come” ✧ PE14/053; PE14/056
- Eq. ni·tule nímo “it is I that come[s]” ✧ PE14/053; PE14/056
- Eq. nya- “*my; 1st sg. possessive” ✧ PE14/052
Variations
- ni ✧ LFC/030; PE14/053; PE14/056; PE14/056; PE14/059
- ni- ✧ PE14/052; PE14/085
men
noun. nose, beak
Derivations
- ᴱ√MEME “*tip” ✧ QL/061
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√MEME > men [mem] ✧ QL/061 Variations
- men ✧ QL/061
The word ᴱQ. men (mem-) “nose, beak” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√MEME (QL/61).
Neo-Quenya: In later writings, Tolkien used ᴹQ. nengwe for “nose”, but I think it might be worth adapting this word as ᴺQ. mén (mem-) “beak”, with a long vowel to help distinguish it from Q. men “way”. This derivation is similar to ᴹQ. kén (kem-) “soil, earth” < ᴹ√KEM from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/KEM); hat-tip to Röandil for suggesting this comparison and the form mén.