Eldamo : Early Quenya : venya

ᴱQ. venya adj. “womanl[y]” (Category: Female)

⚠️ᴱQ. venya, adj. “womanl[y]” (Category: Female): ᴺQ. !iniva “womanly”

A word for {“a woman” >>} “womanl[y]” in Gnomish Lexicon Slips of the 1910s appearing with variants venă and [ven]in, derived from primitive ᴱ✶u̯enı̯ā̆́- (PE13/118).

Conceptual Development: The word for “womanly” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s was ᴱQ. anaina, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. anai “woman” (QL/31).

References ✧ PE13/118

Glosses

“a woman” ✧ PE13/118 (venya)
“womanl[y]” ✧ PE13/118

Variations

venya ✧ PE13/118; PE13/118 (venya)
venă ✧ PE13/118
[ven]in ✧ PE13/118

Changes

venya “a woman” >> venya “womanl[y]” ✧ PE13/118

Cognates

G. gwin “woman, female” ✧ PE13/118

Derivations

< ᴱ✶u̯enı̯ā̆́- ✧ PE13/118
- < ᴱ√GWENE¹ “*maiden; woman” ✧ PE13/118 (u̯enĭ-)

ᴱQ. anaina adj. “womanly” (Category: Female)

See ᴱQ. venya for discussion.

Reference ✧ QL/31 ✧ “womanly”

Elements

anai	“woman”	✧ QL/31
#-ina	“adjectival suffix”	✧ QL/31 (#-na)