This word is one of the few old compounds It includes the element pen "person". The prefix ai- would seem to mean something like "any-", hence literally *"any person"
Quenya
aiquen
if anybody, whoever
aiquen
pronoun. if anybody, whoever, if anybody, whoever, [ᴺQ.] anybody
Cognates
- T. aipen “if anybody, whoever” ✧ WJ/375
Elements
Word Gloss ai “supposing, suppose, maybe, supposing, suppose, maybe; *any” quén “person, individual, man or woman; one, somebody”
aipen
aipen
aiquen pron. "if anybody, whoever" (WJ:372)