ᴱQ. Nieriltasinwa pn. “Unnumbered Tears”
Qenya cognate of the battle of Nínin-Udathriol “Unnumbered Tears” in the earliest Lost Tales (LT2/84). It initial element is the plural of nie “tear” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Nielluin). The remainder seems to be a combination of the negative prefix il- “un-” and the otherwise unattested adjective tasinwa “numbered”, likely related to tanta “number” (QL/90).
See S. Nirnaeth Arnoediad for further discussion.
References ✧ LT2/84; LT2A/Nínin-Udathriol; LT2I
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Elements
nie | “tear” | plural | ✧ LT2A/Nínin-Udathriol (Nier) |
il- | “un-; negative prefix” | ✧ LT2A/Nínin-Udathriol | |
#tasinwa | “numbered” | ✧ LT2A/Nínin-Udathriol (#tasinwa) |
Cognates