ᴱQ. nie n. “tear” (Category: Tear)

References ✧ GL/60; LT1A/Nienna; LT2A/Nínin-Udathriol; MC/221; PE16/62, 72, 74-75, 77, 143; PME/69; QL/68

Glosses

• “a tear” ✧ PE16/143
• “tear” ✧ LT1A/Nienna; PE16/75; PME/69; QL/68
• “tears” ✧ MC/221 (níe); PE16/62

Variations

• nie ✧ GL/60; LT1A/Nienna; PE16/62; PE16/72; PE16/74; PE16/75; PE16/77; PE16/77; PE16/143; PME/69; QL/68
• níe ✧ MC/221

Inflections

Nier

plural

“tears”

✧ LT2A/Nínin-Udathriol

Element In

• ᴱQ. karnevaite úri kilde hísen níe nienaite “amid the red skies the Sun with wet eyes dropped tears of mist” ✧ MC/221; PE16/62; PE16/72; PE16/74
• ᴱQ. nienaite “tearful”
• ᴱQ. nieninqe “snowdrop, (lit.) white tear” ✧ QL/68
• ᴱQ. karnevaite úri kilivande hísen nie nie nienaite “*red-skied the sun will gaze through a haze of tears” ✧ PE16/77
• ᴱQ. Nieriltasinwa “Unnumbered Tears” ✧ LT2A/Nínin-Udathriol

Cognates

• G. nîn “tear” ✧ GL/60; LT1A/Nienna

Derivations

• < ᴱ✶nyeχie “tear” ✧ GL/60 (nı̯eχie); QL/68
  • < ᴱ√NYEHE “weep” ✧ GL/60 (nı̯eχe); QL/68
    • < ᴱ√NYE(NE) “bleat” ✧ GL/59 (nı̯ē)
• < ᴱ√NYEHE “weep” ✧ LT1A/Nienna
  • < ᴱ√NYE(NE) “bleat” ✧ GL/59 (nı̯ē)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶nı̯eχie > nie	[nʲexiē] > [nʲexie] > [nʲeɣie] > [nʲeie] > [nʲie] > [nie]	✧ GL/60
ᴱ✶nyeχie > nie	[nʲexiē] > [nʲexie] > [nʲeɣie] > [nʲeie] > [nʲie] > [nie]	✧ QL/68