Quettaparma Quenyallo

nírë noun "tear" (NEI)

nirmë noun "an act of will, exercise of will" (VT39:30, VT41:6, PE17:168), "the act or action of níra" (VT41:17)

nirwa (1) noun "bolster, cushion" (NID)

[nirwa (2) adj. "scarred" (VT46:4)]

[nirwë noun "scar" (VT46:4)]

nís (niss-, as in pl. nissi) noun "woman" (MR:213. The Etymologies gives nis (or nissë), pl. nissi: see the stems NDIS-SĒ/SĀ, NI¹, NIS (NĒR), VT46:4; compare VT47:33. In Tolkien's Quenya rendering of Hail Mary, the plural nísi occurs instead of nissi; this form is curious, since nísi would be expected to turn into *nízi, *níri (VT43:31). VT47:33 suggests that Tolkien at one point considered niþ- as the older form of the stem, which etymology would solve this problem (since s from older þ does not become z > r). Even so, the MR forms, nís with stem niss-, may be preferred. - Compare †ní, #nína, nisto, Lindissë.

#nísima adj. "fragrant", isolated from Nísimaldar, q.v.

Nísimaldar noun "Fragrant trees", a region in Númenor (UT:167; evidently #nísima "fragrant", attested here only, + aldar "trees").

Nísinen noun *"Fragrance-water", a lake in Númenor (UT:168)

nissë noun "woman" (NDIS-SĒ/SĀ, NI¹, NIS, VT47:33); see nís. Note: nissë could apparently also mean "in me", the locative form of the 1st person pronoun ni, q.v.