noa (2) adj. "former", also adv. (and noun?) "yesterday", shortened from the full phrase noa ré "former day" (VT49:34). In other conceptual phases, Tolkien used noa for "tomorrow" _(VT49:20). _Compare enwa.
Quenya
noa
conception
noa
former
noa
thigh
[noa (3) noun "thigh" (VT46:4)]
nöa
noun/adjective. former; yesterday; tomorrow, yesterday; former, *previous; tomorrow
@@@ originally just adjectival “former, previous”, now also used as a noun “yesterday”, shortened from noa ré “previous day”, perhaps by analogy from phrases like ré nó noa “day before last”.
ec-
i can do it
ec- ("k") verb denoting an opportunity, with the one having the opportunity in dative: ecë nin carë sa "I can do it" (it-is-open for-me to-do it), ecë nin? "please, may I?", ecuva nin care sa noa "I may do [have a chance of doing] do that tomorrow". This construction is said to denote "have chance, opportunity or permission" (VT49:20, 34)
ecuva nin carë sa nöa
I ‘may’ do that tomorrow, I have a chance of doing that [tomorrow]
ciuca
noun. thigh
thigh
nó
conception
nó (1) (stem nów- as in pl. nówi) noun "conception" (= idea) (NOWO). In an earlier version, later deleted, nó represented earlier ñó (ngó), glossed "idea, thought" (VT46:6).
tiuco
thigh
tiuco noun("k") "thigh" (TIW)
noa (1) noun "conception" (= idea) (NOWO)