ᴹQ. inimeite adj. “*feminine” (Category: Female)
An unglossed word in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√INI “female” (Ety/INI), the equivalent of ᴹQ. hanuvoite and hence probably an adjective meaning “*feminine”. This word is unusual in form, since [ei] generally became [ī] in Quenya, so the expected form is *inimíte.
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. qimenoite “feminine, female”, adjectival form of ᴱQ. qin (qim-) “woman, female” (QL/77). This word reappeared in Early Qenya Word-lists along with variant qimíte, both given after ᴱQ. qinya “female” and thus probably adjectives of similar meaning (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. ríte “female, fem[inine]”, réte, réna, reana, or rénima (PE23/85, 87), but the relevant sections were rejected and there are no signs of the root ᴹ√RÉ in the revised text.
Reference ✧ Ety/INI
Related
Elements
| ᴹ√NĪ¹/INI | “female” |
| -ite | “(verbal) adjective ending” |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√INI > inimeite | [inimeite] | ✧ Ety/INI |
ᴱQ. qimenoite (qimenoitsi-) adj. “feminine, female” (Category: Female)
References ✧ PE16/135; QL/77
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| qimenoitsi- | stem | ✧ QL/77 |
Elements
| qin¹ | “woman, female” | ✧ PE16/135; QL/77 |
| #-noite | “adjective suffix” | ✧ QL/77 (#-noite) |
Cognates
ᴹQ. ríte¹ adj. “female, fem[inine]” (Category: Female)
References ✧ PE23/85, 87
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√ERE/RÉ > réte | [reite] > [rēte] | ✧ PE23/87 |