Eldamo : Quenya : níca

Q. níca adj. “small” (Category: Small, Little)

Q. níca, adj. “small” (Category: Small, Little): Q. cinta “small”

A word appearing in a note from 1968 along side a (primitive?) variant ✶ninkĭ, both derived from the root √NIK “small” and so probably of similar meaning (VT47/26; VT48/18).

References ✧ VT47/26; VT48/18

Glosses

“small” ✧ VT48/18 (níka)

Variations

níka ✧ VT47/26; VT48/18

ᴺQ. ^nicë “little, a bit” vs. níca “small”

Element In

Q. nícë “little finger”

Derivations

< √NIK “small” ✧ VT47/26; VT48/18

Phonetic Developments

√nik > níka	[nīka]	✧ VT47/26
√nik > níka	[nīka]	✧ VT48/18