Q. nai adv. “maybe, be it that, may it be that; perhaps, it may be”

Q. nai, adv. “maybe, be it that, may it be that; perhaps, it may be”

References ✧ LotR/378; PE17/75; PE22/151; RGEO/58-60; UT/305, 317; VT49/19, 28, 38-39, 41, 44, 47

Glosses

• “*may, be it that” ✧ VT49/38
• “*may; be it that” ✧ VT49/44
• “be it that” ✧ RGEO/59; RGEO/59; RGEO/60; UT/305
• “be it that, may it be that” ✧ UT/317
• “it may be, perhaps” ✧ PE17/75
• “it may be, there is a chance or possibility, maybe” ✧ PE22/151
• “let it be that” ✧ VT49/28 (nái)
• “may” ✧ VT49/47
• “Maybe” ✧ LotR/378; LotR/378; RGEO/58; RGEO/58
• “perhaps, maybe, be it that” ✧ PE17/75

Variations

• Nai ✧ LotR/378; LotR/378; PE17/75; PE17/75; PE17/75; PE17/75; PE22/151; RGEO/58; RGEO/58; RGEO/59; RGEO/59; RGEO/60; UT/305; UT/317; VT49/19; VT49/38; VT49/39; VT49/41; VT49/44; VT49/47
• nái ✧ VT49/28

Related

• cé² “may (be)” appears to be a better way of expressing uncertainty than nai “maybe, be it that, may it be that; perhaps, it may be”

Elements

ná-	“to be”	✧ RGEO/60 (Nā); VT49/28 (nā)
i²	“who, what, which, that”	✧ RGEO/60

Element In

• Q. nai elyë hiruva. namárië! “maybe even thou shalt find it. farewell!” ✧ LotR/378; PE17/75; RGEO/58
• Q. nai Eru tye mánata “God bless you” ✧ PE17/75
• Q. namárië! nai hiruvalyë Valimar “farewell! maybe thou shalt find Valimar” ✧ LotR/378; RGEO/58
• Q. cénai “if it be that” ✧ VT49/19 (kénai)
• Q. nai amanya onnalya ter coivierya “*may your (sg.) child be blessed throughout his/her life” ✧ VT49/41
• Q. nai calambar onnalda ter coivierya “*may your (pl.) child be light-fated throughout his/her life” ✧ VT49/41
• Q. nai elen atta siluvat aurenna veryanwesto “*may two stars shine upon the day of your wedding” ✧ VT49/43; VT49/44
• Q. nai elen siluva lyenna “*may a star shine upon you” ✧ VT49/40
• Q. nai elen siluva parma-restalyanna meldonya “*may a star shine upon your book-fair, my friend” ✧ VT49/38
• Q. nai elyë hiruva. namárië!² “be-it-that even you will find [it]. farewell!” ✧ RGEO/59
• Q. nai hirinyes “it may well chance for me to find it” ✧ PE22/151
• Q. nai laurë lantuva parmastanna lúmissen tengwiesto “may (a) golden light fall on your book at the times of your reading” ✧ VT49/47
• Q. nai nin híres “it may well chance for me to find it” ✧ PE22/151
• Q. nai tiruvantes i hárar mahalmassen mi Númen “in the keeping of those who sit upon thrones of the West” ✧ UT/305
• Q. namárië! nai hiruvalyë Valimar² “farewell! be-it-that you will find Valimar” ✧ RGEO/59

Cognates

• S. aen “should be; ?may it be that”

Derivations

• < √NAY² “have opportunity, chance or permission; be allowed by circumstance [or] way of the world” ✧ PE22/151 (NAYA)
  • < nayi < NAYA ✧ PE22/151

ᴱQ. nai particle. “remoter possibility, might”

References ✧ PE14/59; PE15/32

Glosses

• “*may be” ✧ PE15/32
• “remoter possibility, might” ✧ PE14/59

Related

• ki “may; particle of uncertainty” versus nai “remoter possibility, might”

Element In

• ᴱQ. hi·tule nai “she might (possibly) come or be coming” ✧ PE14/59
• ᴱQ. hi·túlie nai “she might have come” ✧ PE14/59
• ᴱQ. hi·tulinde nai “she {will >>} might be coming (supposing else also to be the case, which we know is not so)” ✧ PE14/59
• ᴱQ. hi·tuluva nai “she might (conceivably) come at some time in the future” ✧ PE14/59
• ᴱQ. i limbelu tuktalla nai mára “*the long search may be good” ✧ PE15/32
• ᴱQ. mai ni·tuluva tu·tuluval ki “if I come (fut.), they will come” ✧ PE14/59
• ᴱQ. naike² “would [that]” ✧ PE14/59

ᴱQ. naike² adv. “would [that]”

References ✧ PE14/59

Glosses

• “would [that]” ✧ PE14/59

Variations

• naike ✧ PE14/59
• naiki ✧ PE14/59

Changes

• naiki >> naike “would [that]” ✧ PE14/59

Elements

nai	“remoter possibility, might”	✧ PE14/59
ki	“may; particle of uncertainty”	✧ PE14/59

Element In

• ᴱQ. naike hi·tule “would she might come (of something remotely possible or impossible)” ✧ PE14/59