An adjective for “sickly” in The Etymologies of the 1930s from the root ᴹ√GENG-WA “sick” (Ety/GENG-WĀ), used in its noun plural form ᴹQ. Engwar “The Sickly” as a name for Men (LR/245). Christopher Tolkien kept Engwar in the published version of The Silmarillion (S/103).
Quenya
engwa
sickly
engwa
adjective. sickly
Derivations
- ᴹ√GENGWA “sick”
Element in
- Q. Engwar “Men, (lit.) The Sickly” ✧ S/103
engwa adj. "sickly"; nominal pl. Engwar "the Sickly", Elvish name of Mortal Men (Silm, GENG-WĀ)