nó

1 stem nów- as in pl. nówi noun "conception" = idea NOWO. In an earlier version, later deleted, nó represented earlier ñó ngó, glossed "idea, thought" VT46:6. 2 conj."but" VT41:13 3 prep. “before” of time, compare nóvo, “at back” of spatial relationships. In other conceptual phases, Tolkien also let the word have the opposite meaning “after” of time or “in front” of space. VT49:32.