-e

suffix. plural of adjectives

Derivations

• ✶-ai “plural of adjectives” ✧ PE17/076

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶-ai > -e	[-ai] > [-e]	✧ PE17/076

-ttë

suffix. themselves

Derivations

• ✶-te-tē̆ “3rd pl reflexive” ✧ VT49/21
  • ✶te “they” ✧ VT49/21

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶-te-tē̆ > -tte	[-tte]	✧ VT49/21

Variations

• -tte ✧ VT49/21

intë

themselves

intë *"themselves", 3rd person pl. reflexive pronoun, e.g. *i neri tirir intë, "the men watch themselves". Intë is derived from earlier imte(VT47:37). Conceivably intë* is only used for "themselves" with reference to persons; impersonal "themselves" ought to be inta or intai, compare ta #3, tai #2. A form intai might however have evolved into intë by the Third Age (like pl. adjectives in -ai later came to end in -ë), thus converging with the "personal" form.% In an earlier source, Tolkien listed intë as an emphatic pronoun "they", 3rd person plural (VT49:48, 49); compare the pronominal ending -ntë. The word intë** (derived from inde via inze, an unusual development in Quenya) also appears as a candidate 2nd person singular polite form (VT49:49).

intë

pronoun. themselves

Derivations

• ✶imte “themselves” ✧ VT47/37
  • √IM “same, alike, [ᴱ√] same, alike”

Elements

Word	Gloss
im-	“same”
te	“them”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶imte > inte	[imte] > [inte]	✧ VT47/37

Variations

• inte ✧ VT47/37

-ai

suffix. plural of adjectives

Derivatives

• Q. -e “plural of adjectives” ✧ PE17/076

imte

pronoun. themselves

Derivations

• √IM “same, alike, [ᴱ√] same, alike”

Derivatives

• Q. intë “themselves” ✧ VT47/37