Quettaparma Quenyallo

nostari pl. noun "parents", pl. of *nostar or *nostaro "parent" (LotR3:VI ch. 6, translated in Letters:308)

not- vb. "reckon" (NOT); compare onot-. Passive participle nótina "counted, *reckoned" (FS), nótima “countable” (PE17:68), #notië *"counting, reckoning" in maquanotië "decimal system" (VT47:10), variant #nótië in caistanótië of similar meaning (VT48:11).

nótë noun "number" (NOT)

#notessë noun "numeral" (VT47:14, there in plural form notessi) Also #nótessë pl. nótessi with a long ó (VT48:14)

#nótië "counting", isolated from caistanótië, q.v.

nótima adj. “countable” (PE17:68, 172), negated únótima “uncountable”, q.v.

*notto (ñ) noun “enemy”, reconstructed simplex form of the second element of the Moringotto “Dark Enemy”, a Quenya form of Morgoth (VT49:25). Compare #cotto.

nóvo adv. “previously, before” (?) (PE15:35). Compare nó #3.

Nótuilë noun alternative name of May (PM:135)

-nt ending for dual dative (Plotz)

-nta (1) ending for dual allative (Plotz); see -nna

-nta (2) possessive 3rd person pl. pronominal ending: “their” (VT49:17). Lintienta “their speed” (PE17:58), nassentar “their true-being[s]” (PE17:175). This ending corresponds to -ntë “they” (other versions of Quenya uses -ltë for “they” and hence -lta for “their”). Also -ntya, q.v. According to VT49:17, the ending -nta appears as -inta following a consonant (other sources point to -e- rather than -i- as the connecting vowel in such cases).

-ntë “they”, pronomimal ending, inflexion of 3rd person plural when no subject is previously mentioned (CO; see also VT49:49). This ending competes with -ltë (q.v.) in Tolkien’s conception (VT49:57; for “they do”, both carintë and cariltë are attested, VT49:16 vs. 17). The corresponding pronominal possessive suffix appears as -ntya or -nta in various sources.

-nten ending for dual instrumental (Plotz)

[-ntyë “you”, abandonded pronominal ending for 2nd person pl. familiar (VT49:49)]

-ntya, possessive 3rd person pl. pronominal ending: “their” (VT49:17), corresponding to -ntë as the ending for “they”. Besides -ntya the form -nta is also attested, but the latter clashes with the ending for dual allative. (Other variants of Quenya uses -lta for “their”, corresponding to -ltë as the ending for “they”.) According to VT49:17, the ending -ntya appears as -intya following a consonant (other sources point to -e- rather than -i- as the connecting vowel in such cases).

nu prep. "under" (LR:56, Markirya, Nam, RGEO:66, MC:214; the Etymologies alone gives no [q.v.] instead). In Mar-nu-Falmar, nuhuinenna, q.v. Prefix nú- in nútil, q.v.