NEK

NEK is an Elvish root, with two different meanings.

NEK1

Meaning: "deprive", "divide, part, separate"

  • Quenya: nehta- "deprive"; nehtanō "one deprived, exile whose rights and goods have been confiscated"; -enca and nec- "without, -less"
  • Sindarin: neithan (cognate of nehtanō)
NEK2

Meaning: "narrow"

  • Common Eldarin: nek-tē
  • Quenya: nehte "angle", nerca, nexa "sharp, angular", nekel "a thorn"
  • Sindarin: neith, naith "angle", "a spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory", neg(e)n "sharp, angular"

Compounds:

Referencias

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