Q. unquë n. “a hollow” (Category: Hollow, Concave)
A noun for “a hollow” and name of tengwa #16 [v] in The Lord of the Rings appendices (LotR/1123). The word ᴹQ. unqe “hole, hollow” also appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√UNUK (Ety/UNUK; EtyAC/UNUK), and was the name of tengwa #16 in documents on the The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1930s and 40s where it was glossed “cavity” (PE22/22, 51). Based on its glosses I would assume unquë would not apply to holes in an object that pass all the way through it, for which other words like [ᴹQ.] assa and [ᴹQ.] terra might be used.
References ✧ LotR/1123; PE17/104
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ᴹQ. unqe n. “hollow, cavity, hole” (Category: Hollow, Concave)
References ✧ Ety/UNUK; EtyAC/UNUK; PE22/22, 51
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| ᴹ√UNUK > unqe | [uŋkwe] | ✧ Ety/UNUK |