Nossë

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nossë (or nosse) is a Qenya noun meaning "kin, people".[1][2][3]

Helge Fauskanger has suggested that the form nossë (retaining the same meaning) could be valid Neo-Quenya.[4]

Etymology

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I, pp. 250, 272 (form: nossë)
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part II", p. 338 (form: nossë)
  3. 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 66 (form: nosse)
  4. Helge Kåre Fauskanger, "Quettaparma Quenyallo" at Ardalambion (accessed 16 June 2011)