@@@ 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”.
Quenya
enwa
tomorrow
entar
noun. tomorrow
enar
adverb. tomorrow
nöa
noun/adjective. former; yesterday; tomorrow, yesterday; former, *previous; tomorrow
ecuva nin carë sa nöa
I ‘may’ do that tomorrow, I have a chance of doing that [tomorrow]
ai tulinye sinar (entar)
I may come today (tomorrow)
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)
noa
former
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.
enwa adv. "tomorrow" (QL:34)