ᴹQ. inya¹ adj. “female” (Category: Female)
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.
Reference ✧ Ety/INI ✧ inya “female”
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| ᴹ√INI > inya | [inja] | ✧ Ety/INI |
ᴱQ. qinya adj. “female” (Category: Female)
Reference ✧ PE16/135 ✧ “female”
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| qin¹ | “woman, female” | ✧ PE16/135 |
ᴹQ. rea n. and adj. “female” (Category: Female)
References ✧ PE23/87
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