Eldamo : Quenya : netya-

Q. netya- v. “to trim, adorn” (Category: Adornment (personal))

Q. netya-, v. “to trim, adorn” (Category: Adornment (personal))

A verb for “to trim, adorn” derived from √NET “trim, pretty, dainty” in notes from the late 1960s associated with one of the etymologies for nettë “(little) girl” (VT47/33).

Reference ✧ VT47/33 ✧ “to trim, adorn”

Element In

ᴺQ. !imnetyala “hypocritical, (lit.) self-adorning”
ᴺQ. !imnetyalë “hypocrisy, (lit.) self-adornment”
ᴺQ. !imnetyando “hypocrite”

Derivations

< √NET “trim, pretty, dainty” ✧ VT47/33

Phonetic Developments

√net > netya-

[netja-]

✧ VT47/33