Quettaparma Quenyanna

VT42:25, VT47:11

NINETEEN neterquë. For the syntax of numerals, see THREE. –VT48:21

NO ui, possibly with uito as an emphatic variant (VT49:28-29), lá (also meaning "not)". Ui (uito) and lá are probably used to deny facts, or what others present as facts. In a context of refusal, the interjection vá is to be preferred. It is derived from a stem that "expressed refusal to do what others might wish or urge, or prohibition of some action by others”. Cf also lala, lau, laumë "no, no indeed not, on the contrary; also used for asking incredulous questions". Prefixes "no-, un-": ú-, il-. SAY NO váquet- (forbid, refuse) (1st pers. sg aorist and past váquetin, váquenten are given), ava- (refuse) (pa.t. avanë is given; this verb was "little used in ordinary language". Other forms occur in VT49:13, all with the ending -n “I”: Aorist avan, present ávan or ávëan, future avuvan > auvan, past avanen or aunen, perfect avávien. In one version, the forms ávëan and avanen are marked as poetic or archaic.) –LA, WJ:371 cf. 370, GŪ/UGU/VT46:20, WJ:370, KWET

NO LONGER TO BE HAD vanwa (gone, dead, departed, lost, past, vanished) –WJ:366

NOBLE (adj.) arta (exalted, lofty; the gloss “noble” is isolated from the use of arta in certain proper names, see relevant entries in the Quenya-English wordlist). NOBLE (noun, “a noble”) arquen. The element #ar- in Arfanyarassë (a name of Taniquetil) is said to mean "high (i.e., noble, revered). Arquen is simply #ar "noble" + quen "person". NOBLE WOMAN (one of Galadriel's names) Artanis. –WJ:372, WJ:416, PM:347

NOGROD Návarot (Hollowbold, Novrod) –WJ:389

NOISE hlóna, also short hlón (evidently hlon-, given the pl. hloni) (sound). Cf. also Qenya ran (ram-). ROARING NOISE rávë, (NOISE OF A) STORM raumo, NOISE OF LEAVES escë (rustle), SOUND/NOISE OF WIND sú –VT48:19, LT1:259/QL:79, MC:223, EZGE, VT47:12

NOLDORIN Noldorin (= the language of the Noldor), Noldorinwa (= general adjective) –WJ:20, LR:201

NOMAN Úner –UT:211

NOOK winca (corner) (QL:104, there written ‘winka). Read *vinca if this early “Qenya” form is to be adapted to LotR-style Third Age Quenya.

NORMAL sanya (Þ) (regular, law-abiding) (variant vorosanya with a prefixed element meaning "ever"). –STAN, VT46:16

NORTH Formen, NORTHWARD formenna; NORTHERN fortë (stem *forti-), formenya; NORTHLANDS (a region in Númenor) Forostar –PHOR, LotR:1157, VT49:26, UT:165, 439

NOSE nengwë (stem *nengwi-), mundo (snout, cape), stem *mundu- given the primitive form mbundu. (Note: the latter word also means "ox", though in the sense of "ox" it may have a different origin and stem-form.) –NEÑ-WI, MBUD

NOT lá (as for not- as a prefix = un-, see below). According to VT42:33, lá is the stressed form of the negation, whereas la is the unstressed form (cf. la- as the pretonic prefix *"not-" or *"un-", VT45:25). NO INDEED NOT lala; DON'T áva, avá; DON'T DO IT! áva carë!; I WILL NOT: vá (exclamation, also = Do not!); avan, ván, vanyë "I won't", avammë, vammë "we won't" (notice that if plural rather than dual, Tolkien later revised the ending for “we” from –mmë to –lmë); NOT COUNTING hequa (leaving aside, excluding, except), NOT COUNTED unotë, unotëa (read *únotë, *únotëa?) (uncounted), NOT TO BE SAID, THAT MUST NOT BE SAID avaquétima, NOT TO BE TOLD OR RELATED avanyárima. There are also specific verbs for NOT BE, NOT DO; concerning these, see entry BE. –LA, WJ:371, 364/365, VT39:14, WJ:370

NOT- (prefix denying presence or possession of thing or quality) ú- (in-, un-). –VT39:14; according to LR:396 s.v. UGU, this prefix usually has a "bad sense", cf. vanimor "fair folk" vs. úvanimor "monsters"

NOTHING munta –PE14:81

NOTWITHSTANDING, see ALTHOUGH

NOVEMBER Hísimë (Þ) –LotR:1144

NOVROD Návarot (Hollowbold, Nogrod) –WJ:389

NOW sí, sín/sin (the latter form may evidently be used when the next word has an initial vowel; cf. the distribution of "a" and "an" in English. However, sí may also occur before vowels; the word appears before ar "and" in a text published in VT43:27.) Variant si. NOW SEE! (interjection) yé (lo!) Note: a homophone means "what is more". –SI, cf. LR:47, VT43:27, VT43:34, VT47:31, VT49:18

NUMBER nótë, LARGE NUMBER hosta, IN A VERY GREAT NUMBER úvëa; NUMBERLESS únótima (pl. únótimë attested) (uncountable, countless) –NOT, KHOTH, UB, Nam/VT39:14

NUMERAL #notessë (attested in pl. form notessi). In a Tengwar text, the word appears with a long ó (nótessi, sg. #nótessë). –VT47:14, VT48:14

NUMEROUS rimba (frequent)

NYMPH wingil, wingild- (pl WIngildi is attested); falmar, falmarin (falmarind-) (Writers should use falmarin rather than falmar, thus avoiding any possible confusion with falmar "waves".) –WIG/LT1:273, PHAL