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Q. n. “small insect, fly” (Category: Insect)

Q. , n. “small insect, fly, *mite, gnat; ⚠️[ᴱQ.] speck, spot, dot, mote” (Category: Insect)

A noun for a “small insect, fly” appearing in notes from 1968 as an example of a primitive monosyllabic noun that survived in modern Quenya (VT47/35). Its primitive form was originally glossed “small bird”. I think it might apply to other tiny insects like mites or gnats, based on its conceptual precursors. Likely it is related to the root √PI(N) for tiny things.

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s Tolkien had ᴱQ. “speck, spot, dot, mote” and ᴱQ. pin or pink “a little thing, mite”, the latter also serving as a diminutive ending, all under the early roots ᴱ√PINI, ᴱ√PIKI, or ᴱ√ (QL/73). It is unclear whether or not ᴱQ. pin(k) “mite” could refer to an insect or only a tiny thing. In the Declension of Nouns of the early 1930s, Tolkien had ᴹQ. “fly” (PE21/40).

Reference ✧ VT47/35 ✧ “small insect, fly”

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> [pī] ✧ VT47/35

ᴹQ. n. “small fly” (Category: Fly (n))

See Q. for discussion.

Reference ✧ PE21/40 ✧ “small fly”


ᴱQ. n. “speck, spot, dot, mote” (Category: Bit, Small Thing)

See Q. for discussion.

Reference ✧ QL/73 ✧ “speck, spot, dot, mote”

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ᴱ√ > [pī] ✧ QL/73

ᴱQ. pin n. “little thing, mite” (Category: Insect)

See Q. for discussion.

References ✧ QL/73-74, 94

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#pinke suffix ✧ QL/94

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ᴱ√PINI > pin [pin] ✧ QL/73