Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : NĪ/INI

√NĪ/INI root. “*female”

√NĪ/INI root. “[ᴹ√] female”: √EYE “feminine”

A root associated with feminity, most often used in its extended variant √NIS. The root first appeared as invertible ᴹ√NĪ¹/INI “female, woman” in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. inya/N. inw “female” and ᴹQ. inimeite “*feminine” (Ety/INI, NĪ¹). Invertible √INI “female” was also mentioned in the contemporaneous Primitive Quendian Structure: Final Consonants (PE21/55), and √INI was mentioned again in Common Eldarin: Noun Structure from the early 1950s (PE21/71).

Reference ✧ PE21/71 ✧ INI

NĪ/INI “*female” vs. NIS “woman”

Derivatives

⇒ ᴺQ. !iniva “womanly”
> ᴺS. ^inu “female”
- ⇒ ᴺS. !inwas “feminity, womanhood”
  - ⇒ ᴺS. !inwathren “feminine”
⇒ ✶kherūnī “lady”
- > S. heryn “lady” ✧ PE17/97; PE17/97
  - ⇒ 4 compounds
- ⇒ S. †Roch-cheruin “Steed of the Lady” ✧ PE17/98
  - > S. Roheryn “Horse of the Lady” ✧ PE17/97; PE17/97; PE17/98
> ✶nīs “woman, female person” ✧ PE21/71
- > Q. nís “woman (of any kindred: elf, human or dwarf)”
  - ⇒ Q. Artanis “Noble Woman”
  - ⇒ Q. Hávanissi “Bread-women”

ᴹ√NĪ¹/INI root. “female”

See √NĪ/INI for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/BES, ƷAN, INI, NDIS, NETH, NĪ¹, NIS; EtyAC/ƷAN, NETH, NĪ¹; PE21/55

Glosses

“female” ✧ Ety/INI (INI); Ety/NĪ¹ (INI); PE21/55 (INI); EtyAC/ƷAN (INI)
“woman” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹ (NĪ¹)

Variations

NĪ¹ ✧ Ety/BES; Ety/INI; Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NĪ¹
INI ✧ Ety/ƷAN; Ety/INI; Ety/NDIS; Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NĪ¹; PE21/55; EtyAC/ƷAN (INI)
NI ✧ Ety/NETH
INI/NĪ ✧ Ety/NIS

INI feminine of ƷAN “male” ✧ Ety/ƷAN
INI “female” counterpart to ƷAN “male” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹
NĪ ✧ Ety/INI
INI “female” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹
NĪ¹ TĀ-base form of INI ✧ EtyAC/NĪ¹
NDI ✧ Ety/NETH
NIS “woman” elaborated from INI ✧ Ety/NDIS
NIS “woman” probably an elaboration of INI/NĪ ✧ Ety/NIS

Changes

NĪ »» NI ✧ EtyAC/NETH

Derivatives

> ᴹ√NDIS “*bride” ✧ Ety/BES
- ⇒ ᴹ✶Indise “bride” ✧ Ety/I²
  - > ᴹQ. Indis “Bride” ✧ Ety/I²; Ety/NDIS
- > ᴹ✶ndīse “bride” ✧ Ety/DER; Ety/I²; Ety/NDIS
  - ⇒ ᴹ✶Indise “bride” ✧ Ety/NDIS
    - ⇒ [see above]
  - > N. dîs “bride” ✧ EtyAC/NIS
    - ⇒ 4 compounds
  - > ON. ndīs “bride” ✧ Ety/NDIS
    - > N. dîs “bride” ✧ Ety/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS; EtyAC/NIS
      - ⇒ 4 compounds
- ⇒ ᴹQ. Indis “Bride” ✧ Ety/NDER; Ety/NETH
- > ᴹQ. indis “bride” ✧ EtyAC/NDIS
  - ⇒ ᴹQ. Indis “Bride”
- > ᴹQ. nis “woman (of any kindred: elf, human or dwarf)” ✧ Ety/NDIS
- > N. †dî “woman, bride, lady” ✧ Ety/BES
  - ⇒ N. dineth “bride” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS
    - ⇒ N. Dineth “Nessa” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS
- > N. dîs “bride” ✧ Ety/BES
  - ⇒ 4 compounds
- > ON. ndīs “bride” ✧ EtyAC/NIS; EtyAC/NIS
  - > N. dîs “bride” ✧ Ety/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS; EtyAC/NIS
    - ⇒ 4 compounds
- > ON. ndissa “young woman” ✧ Ety/NDIS
  - > N. †dess “young woman” ✧ Ety/BES; Ety/NDIS; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS
> ᴹ✶nī “woman” ✧ PE21/55
- > ON. nī “woman” ✧ EtyAC/NDIS
  - ⇒ [see above]
⇒ ᴹ√NIS “(full grown) woman” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹; PE21/55
- > ᴹ√NDIS “*bride” ✧ EtyAC/NIS
  - ⇒ ᴹ✶Indise “bride” ✧ Ety/I²
    - > ᴹQ. Indis “Bride” ✧ Ety/I²; Ety/NDIS
  - > ᴹ✶ndīse “bride” ✧ Ety/DER; Ety/I²; Ety/NDIS
    - ⇒ ᴹ✶Indise “bride” ✧ Ety/NDIS
      - ⇒ [see above]
    - > N. dîs “bride” ✧ EtyAC/NIS
      - ⇒ 4 compounds
    - > ON. ndīs “bride” ✧ Ety/NDIS
      - > N. dîs “bride” ✧ Ety/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS; EtyAC/NIS
        
        ⇒ 4 compounds
  - ⇒ ᴹQ. Indis “Bride” ✧ Ety/NDER; Ety/NETH
  - > ᴹQ. indis “bride” ✧ EtyAC/NDIS
    - ⇒ ᴹQ. Indis “Bride”
  - > ᴹQ. nis “woman (of any kindred: elf, human or dwarf)” ✧ Ety/NDIS
  - > N. †dî “woman, bride, lady” ✧ Ety/BES
    - ⇒ N. dineth “bride” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS
      - ⇒ N. Dineth “Nessa” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS
  - > N. dîs “bride” ✧ Ety/BES
    - ⇒ 4 compounds
  - > ON. ndīs “bride” ✧ EtyAC/NIS; EtyAC/NIS
    - > N. dîs “bride” ✧ Ety/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS; EtyAC/NIS
      - ⇒ 4 compounds
  - > ON. ndissa “young woman” ✧ Ety/NDIS
    - > N. †dess “young woman” ✧ Ety/BES; Ety/NDIS; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS
- > ᴹ✶ndīse “bride” ✧ EtyAC/NIS
  - ⇒ ᴹ✶Indise “bride” ✧ Ety/NDIS
    - > ᴹQ. Indis “Bride” ✧ Ety/I²; Ety/NDIS
  - > N. dîs “bride” ✧ EtyAC/NIS
    - ⇒ 4 compounds
  - > ON. ndīs “bride” ✧ Ety/NDIS
    - > N. dîs “bride” ✧ Ety/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS; EtyAC/NIS
      - ⇒ 4 compounds
- > ᴹ✶nī̆s “woman” ✧ PE21/55
- > ᴹQ. #niríte “womanly” ✧ PE23/87
- > ᴹQ. nis “woman (of any kindred: elf, human or dwarf)” ✧ Ety/NDIS; Ety/NĪ¹; Ety/NĪ¹; Ety/NIS
- > ᴹQ. nissa “lady”
- > ON. nī “woman” ✧ EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS; EtyAC/NIS
  - ⇒ [see above]
> ᴹQ. inimeite “*feminine” ✧ Ety/INI
> ᴹQ. inya¹ “female” ✧ Ety/INI
> ᴹQ. †ní “woman, female” ✧ Ety/INI; Ety/NĪ¹
- ⇒ ᴺQ. curuni “witch, *sorceress, female magician (not necessarily evil)”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !inimë “femininity, womanliness”
> N. inw “female” ✧ Ety/INI
> ON. nī “woman” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹
- > N. †dî “woman, bride, lady” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS
  - ⇒ N. dineth “bride” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS
    - ⇒ N. Dineth “Nessa” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS