NEN

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NEN is a Primitive Quendian root signifying "water".[1][2][3]

Derivatives

Other versions of the Lengedarium

In the Qenya Lexicon appears the root NENE, given the signification "flow?".[4]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 52 (form appearing as "√NEN")
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 167 (form appearing as "√NĒN", with an added breve to "Ē")
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 376 (the root, appearing as "NEN-", is given no signification, but yields equivalent derivatives)
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne)