Quenya 

esse

noun. name

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essë

name

essë (1) noun "name", also later name of Tengwa #31, originally (MET) called árë (ázë). (Appendix E). With a pronominal ending esselya "thy name" (VT43:14). Pl. #essi in PM:339 and MR:470, gen.pl. #esseron "of names" in the compound Nómesseron (q.v.); we would rather have expected *ession, given the nom.pl. essi; perhaps #esser is a valid alternative plural form. Essecarmë noun "name-making" (MR:214, 470), Eldarin ceremony where the father announces the name of his child. Essecenta *("k") noun "Name-essay" (see centa) (MR:415); Essecilmë noun "name-choosing", an Eldarin ceremony where a child named him- or herself according to personal lámatyávë (q.v.) (MR:214, 471). The meaning Tolkien originally assigned to the word essë** in the Etymologies was "place" rather than "name" (VT45:12).

essë

noun. name

Cognates

  • ᴺS. ess “name”

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ES “indicate, name”

Element in

Variations

  • esse ✧ LotR/1123
  • essë ✧ MR/470
  • Esse ✧ WJ/359
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apacenyë

foresight

apacenyë is translated "foresight" in MR:216; yet the context and the form of the word itself clearly indicates that it is not a noun but actually the pl. form of an adjective *apacenya *"of foresight". The noun "foresight" is almost certainly apacen; cf. tercen "insight". (MR:216) The literal meaning of apacen is "aftersight", sc. knowledge of that which comes after. [Essi] apacenyë** "[names] of foresight", prophetic names given to a child by its mother (MR:216)

esta-

verb. name

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Nómesseron

of place-names

Nómesseron pl. noun in genitive: a compound "of place-names", apparently an inflected compound consisting of #nómë "place" + a genitive plural #esseron "of names" (VT42:17; we might have expected *ession, since essi rather than ?esser as the nominative plural of essë "name" is attested both in PM:339 and MR:470)

cilmë

choosing

#cilmë noun "choosing" (isolated from Essecilmë "name-choosing", q.v.) (MR:214); also in #cilmessë pl. cilmessi ("k") "self-names", literally names of personal choice (PM:339) (cilmë + essi, hence *"choice-names").

-on

name

-on gen.pl. ending (3O), in aldaron, aranion, elenion, Eldaron, #esseron, Ingweron, Istarion, Númevalion, Quendion, Silmarillion, Sindaron, tasarion (see Nan-Tasarion), Valion, wenderon, yénion. Normally the ending -on is added to the nominative plural, whether it ends in -i or -r, but some nouns in -ë that would have nominative plurals in -i seem to prefer the ending -ron in the genitive (hence #esseron as the gen. pl. of essë "name", though the nominative pl. is attested as essi and we might have expected the gen. pl. *ession; similarly wenderon, Ingweron).

sanda

name

[sanda, sandë] (þ) (2) noun "name" (VT46:16)

sanya

name

[sanya] (þ) (2) noun ?"name" (reading of gloss uncertain, VT46:16)

Sindarin 

esta-

verb. to name

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eneth

noun. name

Sindarin [VT/44:21,24] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ess

noun. name

Cognates

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esta

name

(verb.) esta- (call) (i esta, in estar)

esta

name

(call) (i esta, in estar)

eneth

name

(noun) eneth (pl. enith)

eneth

name

(pl. enith)

Primitive elvish

en

root. name

Derivatives

  • S. en- “*to name”
  • ᴺS. enwiol “nominal”

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Qenya 

esse

noun. name

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ES “indicate, name” ✧ Ety/ES

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ES > esse[esse]✧ Ety/ES

Variations

  • esse ✧ Ety/ES; PE22/022; PE22/051
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Gnomish

enn

noun. name

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ENE “*name”

Element in

  • G. entha- “to name, call, indicate, point out” ✧ GL/32
  • G. enos “title” ✧ GL/32
  • G. enweg “name sake” ✧ GL/32

Early Quenya

en(we)

noun. name

Cognates

  • G. enn “name”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ENE “*name” ✧ QL/035

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ENE > en[emb] > [en]✧ QL/035

Variations

  • en ✧ QL/035
  • enwe ✧ QL/035
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