Q. [ᴹQ.] nië, n. “tear”

Element In

• ⇒ Q. Nienna “Lady of Pity and Mourning”
• ⇒ Q. Nienor “Mourning”

ᴹQ. nie n. “tear”

References ✧ Ety/NEI; EtyAC/NEI; PE21/6-7

Glosses

• “tear” ✧ Ety/NEI.005; PE21/06.0207

Variations

• nie ✧ Ety/NEI.005; PE21/06.0207; EtyAC/NEI.025 (nie)
• níre ✧ Ety/NEI.004

Inflections

†niellon	ablative plural	✧ PE21/06.2610
†nientan	allative plural	✧ PE21/06.2609
nio	genitive	✧ PE21/07.0413
niainen	instrumental plural	✧ PE21/06.2713
nielínen	instrumental plural	✧ PE21/06.2714
†niessen	locative plural	✧ PE21/06.2611
nieva	possessive-adjectival	✧ PE21/07.3011

Element In

• ⇒ ᴹQ. Nienor “Sorrowful, Mourning”
• ⇒ ᴹQ. nieninqe “snowdrop, (lit.) white tear” ✧ Ety/NEI.008
• ⇒ ᴹQ. Nienna ✧ Ety/NEI.011

Cognates

• N. nîr “tear, weeping” ✧ Ety/NEI.013

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶neinē “tear” ✧ EtyAC/NEI.026 (neñē)
  • < neʒe < neñē ✧ EtyAC/NEI.026
  • < ᴹ√NEY “tear” ✧ Ety/NEI.001 (NEI̯); EtyAC/NEI.019 (NEÑ)
• < ᴹ√NEY “tear” ✧ Ety/NEI.001 (NEI̯)

ᴱQ. nie n. “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” ✧ PE16/143.1901
• “tear” ✧ LT1A/Nienna.034; PE16/075.3001; PME/069.1105; QL/068.7901
• “tears” ✧ MC/221.1001 (níe); PE16/062.3002

Variations

• nie ✧ GL/60.7803; LT1A/Nienna.034; PE16/062.3002; PE16/072.3402; PE16/074.3401; PE16/075.3001; PE16/077.2301; PE16/077.2302; PE16/143.1901; PME/069.1105; QL/068.7901
• níe ✧ MC/221.1001

Inflections

Nier

plural

“tears”

✧ LT2A/Nínin-Udathriol.032-1

Element In

• ⇒ ᴱQ. karnevaite úri kilde hísen níe nienaite “amid the red skies the Sun with wet eyes dropped tears of mist” ✧ MC/221.08015; PE16/062.28015; PE16/072.32015; PE16/074.32015
• ⇒ ᴱQ. nieninqe “snowdrop, (lit.) white tear” ✧ QL/068.8001
• ⇒ ᴱQ. karnevaite úri kilivande hísen nie nie nienaite “*red-skied the sun will gaze through a haze of tears” ✧ PE16/077.21025
• ⇒ ᴱQ. Nieriltasinwa “Unnumbered Tears” ✧ LT2A/Nínin-Udathriol.032

Cognates

• G. nîn “tear” ✧ GL/60.7701; LT1A/Nienna.057

Derivations

• < ᴱ✶nyeχie “tear” ✧ GL/60.7804 (nı̯eχie); QL/068.7903
  • < ᴱ√NYEHE “weep” ✧ GL/60.7201 (nı̯eχe); QL/068.7801
    • < ᴱ√NYE(NE) “bleat” ✧ GL/59.8809 (nı̯ē)
• < ᴱ√NYEHE “weep” ✧ LT1A/Nienna.030
  • < ᴱ√NYE(NE) “bleat” ✧ GL/59.8809 (nı̯ē)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶nı̯eχie > nie	[nʲexiē] > [nʲexie] > [nʲeɣie] > [nʲeie] > [nʲie] > [nie]	✧ GL/60.7803
ᴱ✶nyeχie > nie	[nʲexiē] > [nʲexie] > [nʲeɣie] > [nʲeie] > [nʲie] > [nie]	✧ QL/068.7901