Eldamo : Early Quenya : nénu

ᴱQ. nénu n. “yellow water lily” (Category: Lily)

⚠️ᴱQ. nénu, n. “yellow water lily” (Category: Lily): Q. indil “lily, other large single flower”

A word for a “yellow water lily” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√NENE “flow” that was the basis for river and water words (QL/65; PME/65). In the Qenya Lexicon it had a variant form nenyu.

References ✧ LT1/248; PME/65; QL/65

Glosses

“yellow water lily” ✧ PME/65 (nēnu); QL/65 (nēnu)
“yellow water-lily” ✧ LT1/248

Variations

nénu ✧ LT1/248
nēnu ✧ PME/65; QL/65
nenyu ✧ QL/65

nenyu = nēnu “yellow water lily” ✧ QL/65

Element In

ᴱQ. nénuvar “pool of lilies” ✧ LT1/248; QL/65 (nēnuvar)

Cognates

G. †nîn² “pool”

Derivations

< ᴱ√NENE “flow” ✧ LT1/248; QL/65 (‽NENE)

Phonetic Developments

‽ᴱ√NENE > nēnu

[nēnū] > [nēnu]

✧ QL/65