Early Quenya
ninda
adjective. blue
ninda
noun. water, river
Cognates
- En. nen(n) “water, river, stream” ✧ PE13/164
Derivations
Variations
- ninda ✧ PE13/164
nenda
adjective. wet
Derivations
- ᴱ√NENE “flow”
ninwa
adjective. blue
Changes
ninya→ ninda ✧ PE16/138Cognates
- En. nainn “blue” ✧ PE13/164
Derivations
Element in
- Eq. Nierninwa “Sirius, Blue bee” ✧ LT1A/Nielluin
- Eq. sinqitalla laiqaninwa “*sparkling green and blue” ✧ VT40/08
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶nindyā > ninya [nindʲā] > [nindʲa] > [ninja] ✧ PE13/164 ᴱ√NINI > ninwa [ninwā] > [ninwa] ✧ QL/066 Variations
- ninya ✧ PE13/164; PE16/138 (
ninya)
ninya
adjective. blue
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
liqin(a)
adjective. wet
Cognates
- G. glaib “dripping wet”
Derivations
- ᴱ√LIQI “flow, water; clear, transparent” ✧ LT1A/Nielíqui; QL/054
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LIQI > liqin(a) [liqin] ✧ QL/054 Variations
- liqin ✧ LT1A/Nielíqui; PME/054
úqa
adjective. wet
Cognates
- G. ub “wet, moist, damp”
Derivations
- ᴱ√UQU “wet” ✧ QL/098
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√UQU > ūqa [ūkʷā] > [ūkʷa] ✧ QL/098 Variations
- ūqa ✧ QL/098
A word in the Early Noldorin Dictionary from the 1920s given as a cognate of ᴱN. nenn “water, river” (PE13/164). The reason why the vowel was i rather than e isn’t clear; compare to earlier ᴱQ. nen(d-) “river, water” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/65-66) and the root √NEN “water” from the 1930s and later.