The word ᴱQ. sé “eye, pupil” appeared in the Qenya Phonology of the 1910s derived from ᴱ✶þeχē (PE12/21), and ᴱQ. sē reappeared with the gloss “eye, eyeball” in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√SEHE [ÞEHE] (QL/82). A similar word ᴹQ. yé “eye” appeared in the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s (PE21/40). Both were likely displaced by Q. hen “eye” < √KHEN.
Qenya
rea
noun/adjective. female
arda
noun. realm, region
telle
noun. rear
harda
noun. realm
ola-
verb. to grow [up], to grow, grow up, reach its prime, become
anwa
adjective. true, real, actual
enwa
noun/adjective. existent, real, true; fact
inya
adjective. female
yé
noun. eye
ríte
adjective. female, fem[inine]
-nie
suffix. female
A feminizing suffix for pronominal forms in Quenya Personal Pronouns (QPP1) from the late 1940s (PE23/102), so that for example mane “who (neutral)” could become manie “who (female)” and ane “someone” could become anie “someone (female)”. It is probably based on the contemporaneous feminine primitive suffix ✶-eye. The suffix -nie replaced a rejected variant -re (PE23/102 note #37).
a
preposition. [unglossed]
ala-
verb. to grow
alama
noun. [unglossed]
amaldume
noun. [unglossed]
anaristya
noun. [unglossed]
assa
pronoun. [unglossed]
asse
pronoun. [unglossed]
asso
pronoun. [unglossed]
engwa
?. [unglossed]
ente
pronoun. [unglossed]
ento
pronoun. [unglossed]
ereáma
?. [unglossed]
es
[unglossed]
hen
noun. eye
hyelma
?. [unglossed]
kaltua
?. [unglossed]
kanda
noun. [unglossed]
karpalimaite
noun. [unglossed]
laqe[t]-
verb. [unglossed]
lau(w)e
?. [unglossed]
mahtya
?. [unglossed]
mai(y)a
noun. [unglossed]
maldo
noun. [unglossed]
ména
noun. region
nandakka-
verb. [unglossed]
nerno
?. [unglossed]
niule
?. [unglossed]
olta-
verb. [unglossed]
opto
noun. back
rampa
?. [unglossed]
sahte
noun. [unglossed]
sarya
noun. [unglossed]
sisíria-
verb. [unglossed]
séra
?. [unglossed]
sóla
?. [unglossed]
tante
noun. [unglossed]
tatalta-
verb. [unglossed]
teuka
?. [unglossed]
thar-
verb. [unglossed]
timpana
noun. [unglossed]
toina
adjective. [unglossed]
toróma
noun. [unglossed]
tyel
noun. end
tyue
noun. [unglossed]
varinye
noun. [unglossed]
wenda
adjective. female
yelme
noun. [unglossed]
é
interjection. indeed
éma
?. [unglossed]
An adjective for “female” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from the root ᴹ√INI “female” (Ety/INI).
Conceptual Development: In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, Tolkien gave a similar form ᴱQ. qinya “female”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. qin “woman” (PE16/135).
In drafts for the first version of Quenya Personal Pronouns (QPP1) from the late 1940s, Tolkien had various adjectival forms based on the root ᴹ√(G)ERE/(G)RÉ “bear, produce” such as ᴹQ. rea “female”, réna, or ᴹQ. ríte “female [of any kind]” (PE23/87), but the relevant sections were rejected and there are no signs of the root ᴹ√RÉ in the revised text.