N. Eithel Nínui loc. “Fountain of Tinúviel”
From a passage inadvertently omitted from the published version of The Silmarillion (LR/301), this name is a combination of eithel “fountain” and nínui, apparently an adjective meaning “*tearful”.
References ✧ LR/301; LRI/Eithel Nínui
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Elements
| eithel | “issue of water, spring, well, fountain” | ✧ LR/301 |
| nínui | “*tearful” | ✧ LR/301 |