Eldamo : Quenya : néya

Q. néya adv. “once, at one time” (Category: One)

Q. néya, adv. “once, at one time” (Category: One)

A word for “once” = “at one time (in the past)”, an adjectival form of né “ago” (VT49/31). It has two variants néya and nea. Compare also [ᴱQ.] ellume “once” = “one time”: á care sa ellume “do it once [one time only]” vs. carnes sa néya “he/she did it once [in the past]”. Very likely néya more strongly implies “pastness” than “oneness” and does not literally mean “only one time”, which could instead be expressed: carnes sa ellume.

References ✧ VT49/31

Glosses

“once, at one time” ✧ VT49/31

Variations

néya ✧ VT49/31
nea ✧ VT49/31

ᴺQ. ellumë “once, one time” vs. néya “once, at one time”

Elements

né

“ago, behind (earlier time); yes (it was so)”

✧ VT49/31 (nē)

Element In

ᴺQ. !lanéya “recently, not long ago”
Q. andanéya “long ago, once upon a time” ✧ VT49/31 (anda né/andanéya)

Cognates

ᴺS. !nî “once, at one time; was”