Q. #nitya adj. “little” (Category: Small, Little)
A word appearing only as an element in the name of Nityafinwë (PM/365). It was probably derived √NIK “small”, with *nikya becoming nitya because ky became ty in (Ancient) Quenya.
Conceptual Development: There seem to be earlier iterations of this word that began with m instead of n. The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. minwa “small” under the early root ᴱ√MINI (QL/61). The Early Qenya Grammar had ᴱQ. mitya “little” (PE14/48, 80), while the contemporaneous English-Qenya Dictionary had ᴱQ. mitya “little (in quantity)” (PE15/74). The Etymologies of the 1930s had ᴹQ. mitsa or minte under the root ᴹ√MIT “small”, but this entry was deleted (EtyAC/MIT).
Reference ✧ PM/365 ✧ #Nitya “little”
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ᴹQ. mitsa adj. “small” (Category: Small, Little)
References ✧ EtyAC/MIT
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| ᴹ✶mitra > mitsa | [mitra] > [mitsa] | ✧ EtyAC/MIT |
| ᴹ√MIT > minte | [minte] | ✧ EtyAC/MIT |
ᴱQ. mitya adj. “little (in quantity)” (Category: Small, Little)
References ✧ PE14/48, 80; PE15/74
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| mikitsa | diminutive | “less” | ✧ PE14/80 |
| mikitsa | diminutive | ✧ PE15/74 | |
| mitsa | diminutive | “less” | ✧ PE14/48; PE14/80; PE15/74 |
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