Eldamo : Early Quenya : naika¹

ᴱQ. naika¹ n. “dagger” (Category: Knife (tool))

⚠️ᴱQ. naica¹, n. “dagger” (Category: Knife (tool)): ᴹQ. sicil “dagger, knife”

A word for “dagger” mentioned in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as a cognate of G. gaig “a weapon, tool” (GL/37) perhaps based on the early root ᴱ√ŊAHYA “hurt, grieve” (QL/34).

Reference ✧ GL/37 ✧ naika “dagger”

Cognates

G. gaig “weapon, tool” ✧ GL/37

Derivations

< ᴱ√ŊAHYA “hurt, grieve”