Eldamo : Middle Quenya : inya¹

ᴹQ. inya¹ adj. “female” (Category: Female)

ᴹQ. inya¹, adj. “female” (Category: Female): ᴱQ. inya “tiny”

An adjective for “female” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from the root ᴹ√INI “female” (Ety/INI).

Conceptual Development: In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, Tolkien gave a similar form ᴱQ. qinya “female”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. qin “woman” (PE16/135).

Reference ✧ Ety/INI ✧ inya “female”

Cognates

N. inw “female” ✧ Ety/INI

Derivations

< ᴹ√NĪ¹/INI “female” ✧ Ety/INI (INI)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√INI > inya

[inja]

✧ Ety/INI

ᴱQ. qinya adj. “female” (Category: Female)

See ᴹQ. inya¹ for discussion.

Reference ✧ PE16/135 ✧ “female”

Elements

qin¹

“woman, female”

✧ PE16/135