Nenuvar
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Nenuvar were most likely the fays of lily-ponds, according to the early version of the legendarium associated with The Book of Lost Tales.[1]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The name Nenuvar is in Qenya, with the word nénuvar meaning "pool of lilies" in the Qenya Lexicon,[1] being derived from the root NENE ("flow?").[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Early Qenya and The Valmaric Script", in Parma Eldalamberon XIV (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), "The Creatures of the Earth", pp. 7, 10
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), entry NENE, p. 65
