Q. nassë n. “nature, true-being; material; person, individual” (Category: Be)
This word had various uses in Tolkien’s later writings. In notes from around 1959 it was glossed “material” = the substance of which all things are composed (NM/249-250), but later Tolkien used the term erma for “matter” (MR/338, 349). In notes probably from the 1960s, Tolkien use nasse to mean “nature” or “true-being” (PE17/174-175), and in notes from the late 1960s he used it to mean “a person, an individual” (VT49/30).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would use nasse for “nature, true-being, *essence”.
References ✧ NM/249-250; PE17/174-175; VT49/30
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| nassentar | 3rd-pl-poss plural | “their true-being” | ✧ PE17/174; PE17/175 |
| Nasser | plural; er-plural | “Natures” | ✧ PE17/175 |
| nassi | plural | “materials” | ✧ NM/250 |
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| ná- | “to be” | ✧ VT49/30 (nā̆) |
| #-ssë² | “abstract noun” | ✧ VT49/30 (#-sse) |
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