Eldamo : Quenya : naira²

Q. naira² [ñ-] adj. “vast, wide, empty” (Category: Wide, Broad)

⚠️Q. naira² [ñ-], adj. “vast, wide, empty” (Category: Wide, Broad): Q. yána “wide, vast, huge”; Q. naira¹ “dreadful, horrible, unendurable, [ᴱQ.] dire, grievous”

An adjective glossed “vast, wide, empty” appearing in an etymology for Q. ëar and S. gaear “sea”, part of a paradigm where the root of all these words was √(Ñ)GAY “gape, become wide, open, vast” (PE17/27). Elsewhere the root for “sea” words was usually √GAY(AR) having to do with “awe, dread; astound” (PM/363; WJ/400) as with S./N. gaer “awful, fearful, dreadful”, so I think this adjective was a transient idea.

Reference ✧ PE17/27 ✧ naira “vast, wide, empty”

Element In

ᴺQ. !nairë “space (as a physical dimension)”

Derivations

< √(Ñ)GAY “gape, become wide, open, vast” ✧ PE17/27 (ÑGAY)

Phonetic Developments

√ÑGAY > naira

[ŋgaira] > [ŋaira] > [naira]

✧ PE17/27