Q. Narvinyë n. “January, *New-fire” (Category: Names of the Months)
Name of the first month of the year in the Westron calendar corresponding to “January” (LotR/1110). It is apparently a combination of nár “fire” and noun form of vinya “new”, so perhaps meaning “*New-fire”.
Conceptual Development: In drafts of The Lord of the Rings appendices, this name was already ᴹQ. Narvinye with an alternate name Metterríve or Meterríve “*End Winter” = mette “*end” + hríve “winter” (PM/134-135) (PM/134). In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s Tolkien gave various other words for “January”: ᴱQ. Avestalis based on avesta “beginning” (QL/29) and ᴱQ. Lunde Niq(il)issea meaning “*Snowy Month” [niqissea “snowy”] (QL/56). This document said January was further divided into ᴱQ. Lirillion and ᴱQ. Erintion named after the Vala Lirillo and Vali Erinti respectively (QL/36).
Reference ✧ LotR/1110 ✧ “first month of the year”
Elements
| nár | “fire (as an element)” |
| vinya | “young, new” |
Cognates
ᴹQ. Narvinye n. “January, *New-fire” (Category: Names of the Months)
Reference ✧ PM/134 ✧ Narvinyë “January”
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Cognates
ᴱQ. Avestalis (Avestaliss-) n. “January” (Category: Names of the Months)
References ✧ QL/29, 36
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Inflections
| avestaliss- | stem | ✧ QL/29 |
Elements
| avesta¹ | “opening, beginning, overture” | ✧ QL/29 |
| #-lis | “noun suffix” | ✧ QL/29 (#-lis) |
ᴱQ. Lunde Niq(il)issea n. “January”
Reference ✧ QL/56 ✧ (Lunde) niq(il)issea “January”
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| lunde | “(lunar) month; (lit.) period” | ✧ QL/56 |
| niqissea | “snowy” | ✧ QL/56 (niq(il)issea) |
Q. Metterrívë n. “January, *(lit.) End-winter” (Category: Names of the Months)
Reference ✧ PM/136
Elements
| *mette | “*end” |
| hrívë | “winter” |
ᴹQ. Meterríve n. “January, *(lit.) End-winter” (Category: Names of the Months)
Reference ✧ PM/135 ✧ Meterrívë “January”
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Elements
| ᴹ√MET | “end” |
| hríve | “winter” |