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ᴱQ. nelt n. “corner (from outside)” (Category: Angle, Corner)

⚠️ᴱQ. nelt, n. “corner (from outside)” (Category: Angle, Corner)
ᴺQ. ^neltë “corner”

A word appearing as ᴱQ. nelt “corner (from outside)” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√NELE “point” (QL/65).

Neo-Quenya: In Tolkien’s later writings √NEL meant “three”, but I think this early word might be adapted as ᴺQ. neltë “corner” in reference to [ᴹQ.] neltil “triangle” (Ety/NEL).

Reference ✧ QL/65 ✧ “corner (from outside)”

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√NELE > nelt [nelt] ✧ QL/65