Eldamo : Quenya : ninquë

Q. ninquë (ninqui-) adj. “white; chill, cold; pallid” (Category: White)

Q. ninquë (ninqui-), adj. “white; chill, cold; pallid” (Category: White): ᴱQ. isca “pale white”

References ✧ MC/222; PE17/71, 168; SA/nim; WJ/417

Glosses

“chill, pallid” ✧ WJ/417
“white” ✧ PE17/71; SA/nim
“white, chill, cold, pallid” ✧ PE17/168

Variations

ninque ✧ PE17/71; PE17/168; SA/nim; WJ/417; PE17/71 (ninque)

ninque “white, chill, cold, pallid” [similar sense, different derivation] S. nim “white” ✧ PE17/168

Changes

ninque >> losseä “white” ✧ PE17/71

Inflections

ninqui	plural	“white”	✧ MC/222
ninqui	plural		✧ MC/222

Element In

ᴺQ. !ninquelë “pallor”
ᴺQ. !ninquima “frankincense”
ᴺQ. !ninteccon “chalk, (lit.) white writing rock”
Q. nieninquë “snowdrop”
Q. Ninquelótë “White Blossom” ✧ SA/nim
Q. ninqui carcar yarra “the white rocks snarling” ✧ MC/222; MC/222
Q. #ninquita- “to whiten, grow white”
Q. Taniquetil “High White Peak”
Q. sanomë tarnë Olórin, Aracorno, Eomer, Imrahil, mi mísë, mi telepta yo morna, mi laiqua yo ninquë, mi luinë, ta Gimli mi lossëa “There stood Gandalf, Aragorn, Eomer and Imrahil in grey, in silver and black, in green and white, and in blue, and also Gimli in white” ✧ PE17/71

Cognates

S. nim “white” ✧ SA/nim
S. nimp “pale, pallid, white” ✧ PE17/168

Derivations

< √NIK(W) “(also of) snow, ice” ✧ PE17/168 (NIK)
< ✶ninkwi “white, pale”
- < √NIK(W) “(also of) snow, ice” ✧ PE17/168 (NIK)

Phonetic Developments

√NIK > ninque

[niŋkwi] > [niŋkwe]

✧ PE17/168

ᴹQ. ninqe (ninqi-) adj. “white” (Category: White)

References ✧ Ety/NIK-W; PE21/15

Glosses

“white” ✧ Ety/NIK-W; PE21/15

Element In

ᴹQ. nieninqe “snowdrop, (lit.) white tear” ✧ Ety/NIK-W
ᴹQ. Ninqelóte “Pale Blossom”
ᴹQ. Ninqendi “White-elves”
ᴹQ. ninqisse “whiteness” ✧ Ety/NIK-W
ᴹQ. ninqita- “to whiten, make white; to shine white” ✧ Ety/NIK-W; Ety/NIK-W (ninqitá-)
ᴹQ. Taniqetil “High White Horn” ✧ Ety/NIK-W (Taniqetil(de))
ᴹQ. ninqeri “*white (female thing or personification)” ✧ PE21/15
ᴹQ. ninqeru “white man, white male swan, white ship, white (male thing or personification)” ✧ PE21/15

Cognates

N. nimp “pale” ✧ Ety/NIK-W

Derivations

< ᴹ✶ninkwi “white, pale” ✧ Ety/NIK-W
- < ᴹ√NIK(W) “*snow; white” ✧ Ety/NIK-W (NIK-W)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶ninkwi > ninqe

[niŋkwi] > [niŋkwe]

✧ Ety/NIK-W

ᴱQ. ninqe (ninqi-) adj. “white” (Category: White)

References ✧ GL/60; LT1A/Nielíqui, Taniquetil; MC/213, 220; PE13/164; PE14/45, 48, 77, 80; PE15/78; PE16/56-57, 60, 62, 64, 72, 74, 77, 81, 100, 140; PME/66; QL/66

Glosses

“white” ✧ GL/60; LT1A/Taniquetil; MC/213; MC/213; MC/220; PE13/164; PE14/45; PE14/48; PE14/77; PE14/80; PE15/78; PE16/62; PE16/62; PE16/100; PME/66; QL/66

Variations

ninqe ✧ GL/60; LT1A/Nielíqui; LT1A/Taniquetil; MC/213; MC/213; MC/220; PE13/164; PE14/45; PE14/48; PE14/77; PE14/77; PE14/80; PE15/78; PE16/56; PE16/57; PE16/60; PE16/62; PE16/62; PE16/74; PE16/81; PE16/100; PME/66; QL/66
ninkve ✧ PE16/72; PE16/72; PE16/77

Changes

ninqen >> linqe ✧ PE16/57
ninqen >> ninqe “white” ✧ PE16/64
ninqea >> ninqia “is white” ✧ PE16/140

Inflections

ninqe(t)	accusative; adj-agreement		✧ PE14/45; PE14/77
ninqi(n)	accusative plural; adj-agreement		✧ PE14/45; PE14/77
ninqio	adverbial	“whitely”	✧ PE14/48; PE14/80
ninqilda	augmentative	“whiter”	✧ PE14/48; PE14/80
ninqildo(s)	augmentative adverbial	“more whitely”	✧ PE14/48; PE14/80
ninqer	dative; adj-agreement		✧ PE14/45; PE14/77
ninqir	dative plural; adj-agreement		✧ PE14/45; PE14/77
ninqitsa	diminutive	“less white”	✧ PE14/48; PE14/80
ninqiste(n)	diminutive adverbial	“less whitely”	✧ PE14/80
ninqisten	diminutive adverbial	“less whitely”	✧ PE14/48
ninqen	genitive; adj-agreement		✧ PE14/45; PE14/77
ninqin	genitive plural; adj-agreement		✧ PE14/45; PE14/77
†ninqion	genitive plural; adj-agreement		✧ PE14/45; PE14/77
ninqen	nominative		✧ PE16/56
ninqen	nominative		✧ PE16/57; PE16/64
ninqi	plural; adj-agreement		✧ PE14/45; PE14/77
ninqea	stative		✧ PE16/140
ninqia	stative	“is white”	✧ PE16/140
ninqi-	stem		✧ QL/66

Element In

ᴱQ. nieninqe “snowdrop, (lit.) white tear” ✧ LT1A/Nielíqui; LT1A/Taniquetil
ᴱQ. kildo kirya ninqe “a white ship one saw” ✧ MC/220; PE16/56; PE16/57; PE16/60; PE16/62; PE16/72; PE16/74
ᴱQ. kirilde tinwelinqe ✧ PE16/56
ᴱQ. man kiluva kirya ninqe? “Who shall see a white ship?” ✧ MC/213; MC/213
ᴱQ. máno kiluvando ninqe lutya kirya wilwarindon “*who shall see a white ship sailing like a butterfly” ✧ PE16/77
ᴱQ. ninqeru “male personified form of white” ✧ PE16/100
ᴱQ. niqileninqe “snow-white” ✧ QL/66
ᴱQ. ondolin ninqanéron “the rocks lay white” ✧ PE16/62; PE16/72

Cognates

ᴱN. nimp “wan, pale, sickly” ✧ PE13/164
G. nimp “pallid” ✧ GL/60

Derivations

< ᴱ√NIQI “white” ✧ LT1A/Taniquetil; QL/66

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√NIQI > ninqe

[niŋkʷi] > [niŋkʷe]

✧ QL/66