Q. #nyarna n. “long epic tale, story, legend” (Category: Tale, Story)

Q. #nyarna, n. “(long epic) tale, story, legend, [ᴹQ.] saga” (Category: Tale, Story)

References ✧ Minor-Doc/1955-CT; PE17/163; WJ/420

Glosses

• “legend” ✧ WJ/420
• “story” ✧ PE17/163 (#nyarna)

Variations

• nyarna ✧ WJ/420; PE17/163 (#nyarna)
• nyarne ✧ Minor-Doc/1955-CT

Related

• nyárë “history, account” is a variant of #nyarna “long epic tale, story, legend”

Inflections

nyarnar

plural

“long epic tales”

✧ PE17/163

Element In

• ᴺQ. !sinyarna “novel”
• Q. nyarnamaitar “storyteller” ✧ PE17/163
• Q. Cuivienyarna “Legend of the Awakening [of the Quendi]” ✧ WJ/420
• Q. sínen i·anda nyarnë metta ar taina andaurenya na quanta “*with this the long tale ends and my extended long day is complete” ✧ Minor-Doc/1955-CT

Derivations

• < ᴹ√NYAR “tell, relate”

ᴹQ. nyarna n. “tale, saga” (Category: Tale, Story)

References ✧ Ety/NAR²; LR/202

Glosses

• “tale, saga” ✧ Ety/NAR²

Elements

nyar(a)-

“to relate, tell, recite (in sing-song voice), talk”

✧ Ety/NAR² (nyar-)

Element In

• ᴹQ. Nyarna Valarianden “Annals of Beleriand” ✧ LR/202
• ᴹQ. Nyarna Valinóren “Annals of Valinor” ✧ LR/202

Cognates

• N. narn “tale, saga” ✧ Ety/NAR²

ᴱQ. nyara n. “tale” (Category: Tale, Story)

Reference ✧ QL/68 ✧ “tale”

Element In

• ᴱQ. nyarie “fable, story, legend” ✧ QL/68

Derivations

• < ᴱ√NYAÐA “relate, tell” ✧ QL/68 (NYAŘA)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√NYAŘA > nyara

[nʲaðā] > [nʲaða] > [nʲaza] > [nʲara]

✧ QL/68