indo

noun. (state of) mind, (inner) thought, mood; will, resolve, (state of) mind, (inner) thought, mood; will, resolve; [ᴹQ.] heart

Changes

• inno → indo “mind” ✧ MR/216
• īn/indo → inno “mind” ✧ MR/230
• inno → indo “mind” ✧ MR/230

Cognates

• S. ind “some particular purpose or intention of an individual; heart, some particular purpose or intention of an individual; heart [metaphorical], [N.] inner thought, meaning”

Derivations

• ✶indō “interior reflection or mind, the mind in its purposing faculty, the will; mood, heart” ✧ PE22/165
  • ✶im-dō “self, innermost being, centre of reason” ✧ NM/176
  • √IM “same, alike, [ᴱ√] same, alike”
  • √NID “force, press(ure), thrust; will, will; force, press(ure), thrust; [ᴹ√] lean against” ✧ PE22/165; PE22/165
• √IN(ID) “mind, (inner) thought, inmost heart, inner senses” ✧ PE17/155; PE17/155; PE17/189
• √NID “force, press(ure), thrust; will, will; force, press(ure), thrust; [ᴹ√] lean against” ✧ VT41/17

Derivatives

• Q. indu- “to will, do on purpose” ✧ PE22/165

Element in

• Q. ar súlë Manwëo etsurinyë ar Eldaron indor turyaner “*and the spirit of Manwe went out and the hearts of the Eldar were comforted / or obeyed” ✧ NM/239
• ᴺQ. attindo “doubt, (lit.) two mind”
• Q. Eru-indonen “by the will of God” ✧ PE22/165
• Q. indemma “mind-picture (of apparition in dream)” ✧ PE17/179
• Q. indómë “settled character; will of Eru”
• ᴺQ. indosatië “resolution”
• Q. inwalmë “mood of mind”
• Q. inwis “change of mind/mood” ✧ MR/216
• Q. sustanë Manwëo súlë ten i indo Sindicollo ar he lastanë ar carnes “*the spirit of Manwe blew unto the heart of Thingol and he listened and did it” ✧ NM/239
• Q. Tarindor “*High minded one”
• Q. turindo “purposeful mind, strong will” ✧ PE22/165
• Q. insangarë “*temptation”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√INID > indo	[indo]	✧ PE17/155
✶inidō/in’dō > indo	[inidō] > [indō] > [indo]	✧ PE22/165

Variations

• inno ✧ MR/216 (inno); MR/230 (inno)
• īn/indo ✧ MR/230 (īn/indo)
• in/inno ✧ MR/471 (in/inno)

síma

mind, imagination

síma noun "mind, imagination" (VT49:16); variant isima. Also attested with endings: símaryassen "in their imaginations" (with the ending -rya used = "their" rather than "his/her", according to colloquial useage) (VT49:16)

sanar

mind

sanar noun "mind" (literally "thinker" or "reflector", suggesting an underlying verb #sana- "to think, to reflect") (VT41:13)

sáma

mind

sáma noun "mind" (pl. sámar and dual samat [sic, read *sámat?] are given) (VT39:23, VT41:5, VT49:33, PE17:183)

sáma

noun. mind

Derivations

• √SAM “mind, think, reflect, be aware” ✧ PE17/183; VT41/05

Element in

• ᴺQ. sámalórië “madness”
• ᴺQ. essámalë “agreement, (lit.) one-mindedness”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√SAM > sāma	[sāma]	✧ PE17/183
√sam > sāma	[sāma]	✧ VT41/05

Variations

• sāma ✧ PE17/183; VT41/05

gûr

inner mind

(i ’ûr, construct gur) (heart), pl. guir (i nguir = i ñuir). Note: A homophone means ”death”, but has different mutations. (VT41:11)

ind

mind

ind (inner thought, meaning, heart), no distinct pl. form;, coll. pl. innath.

ind

mind

(inner thought, meaning, heart), no distinct pl. form;, coll. pl. innath.

in(id)

root. mind, (inner) thought, inmost heart, inner senses

A root appearing in various notes written around 1957 connected to the mind (PE17/145, 155, 189; UT/400; VT43/16). Its most notable derivatives are Q. indo/S. ind “(state of) mind”. In The Etymologies of the 1930s, ᴹQ. indo “heart, mood” and N. ind “inner thought, meaning, heart” were instead derived from the root ᴹ√ID; this 1930s root was unglossed but had derivatives connected to both thoughts and desires, such as ᴹQ. íre “desire, longing” (Ety/ID).

Tolkien introduced a new derivation of indo from √IN(ID) in Quenya Notes written in 1957 (PE17/145, 189):

> IN-I-D, mind, inner thought. These refer to the movements or activities of the fëa or “spirit” (rational soul). indo, inner thought, in fea as exhibited in character or [?personality]. indóme, settled character, also used of the “will” of Eru (PE17/189).

The root √IN- “inmost heart, thought, mind” with extended forms √INID and √INIS also appeared in contemporaneous Notes on Names (NN), again as the basis for indo (PE17/155).

Tolkien coined yet another etymology of Q. indo in notes written in 1969, deriving it from √NID “force, press(ure), thrust” (PE22/165). This new derivation doesn’t necessarily invalidate √INID, but rather gives a new basis for the root itself as an vocalic augment of √NID rather than an extended form of √IN-.

Derivatives

• ᴺ✶. inrē “thoughtfulness”
  • ᴺS. idhor “thoughtfulness”
• Q. indo “(state of) mind, (inner) thought, mood; will, resolve, (state of) mind, (inner) thought, mood; will, resolve; [ᴹQ.] heart” ✧ PE17/155; PE17/155; PE17/189
  • Q. indu- “to will, do on purpose” ✧ PE22/165
• Q. indómë “settled character; will of Eru” ✧ PE17/189; VT43/16
• ᴺQ. indya “device, method, trick; machine, engine”

Element in

• Q. incánu “mind master” ✧ PE17/155
• Q. Incánus “Mind Master(ship)” ✧ UT/400

Variations

• IN-I-D ✧ PE17/145; PE17/155; PE17/189
• IN ✧ PE17/155
• INIS ✧ PE17/155
• INID ✧ PE17/155
• IN-ID ✧ PE17/155
• in(id)- ✧ UT/400
• in-i-d ✧ VT43/16