ᴹQ. nai² adv. “*may it be” (Category: Guess, Suppose)

Reference ✧ VT24/5 ✧ Nai

Element In

• ᴹQ. nai hiruvalle Valimar; nai elle hiruva ✧ VT24/5

ᴱQ. nai particle. “remoter possibility, might” (Category: Guess, Suppose)

References ✧ PE14/59; PE15/32

Glosses

• “*may be” ✧ PE15/32
• “remoter possibility, might” ✧ PE14/59

Related

• ki “may; particle of uncertainty” versus nai “remoter possibility, might”

Element In

• ᴱQ. hi·tule nai “she might (possibly) come or be coming” ✧ PE14/59
• ᴱQ. hi·túlie nai “she might have come” ✧ PE14/59
• ᴱQ. hi·tulinde nai “she {will >>} might be coming (supposing else also to be the case, which we know is not so)” ✧ PE14/59
• ᴱQ. hi·tuluva nai “she might (conceivably) come at some time in the future” ✧ PE14/59
• ᴱQ. i limbelu tuktalla nai mára “*the long search may be good” ✧ PE15/32
• ᴱQ. mai ni·tule na tu·tulil nai “*if I come then they might come” ✧ PE14/59
• ᴱQ. naike² “would [that]” ✧ PE14/59

ᴱQ. naike² adv. “would [that]” (Category: to Will, Wish)

References ✧ PE14/59

Glosses

• “would [that]” ✧ PE14/59

Variations

• naike ✧ PE14/59
• naiki ✧ PE14/59

Changes

• naiki >> naike “would [that]” ✧ PE14/59

Elements

nai	“remoter possibility, might”	✧ PE14/59
ki	“may; particle of uncertainty”	✧ PE14/59

Element In

• ᴱQ. naike hi·tule “would she might come (of something remotely possible or impossible)” ✧ PE14/59