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Quenya 

imni

pronoun. myself

Elements

Word Gloss
im- “same”
ni “me, I”

Variations

imne ✧ PE17/041 (imne); VT47/37
Imni ✧ VT47/38

Quenya [PE17/041; VT47/37; VT47/38] Group: Eldamo. Published 3 years ago by Eldamo Import

Word	Gloss
im-	“same”
ni	“me, I”

imnë

myself

imnë, also imni, *"myself", 1st person sg. reflexive pronoun, e.g. *tirin imnë/imni "I watch myself" (but apparently the general reflexive pronoun immo can also be used) (VT47:37). In PE17:41, imnë is mentioned as an Old Quenya pronoun meaning "I, I myself" (cf. inyë).

Quenya [Quettaparma Quenyallo] Group: Quettaparma Quenyallo. Published 12 years ago by Ardalambion (Helge Fauskanger)

imnë

pronoun. myself

Quenya Group: Eldamo. Published 3 years ago by Eldamo Import

inyë

i, too

inyë emphatic independent 1st person sg. pronoun, "I" with emphasis, translated "I, too" in LR:61 (and, according to one reading of Tolkiens manuscript, in VT49:49).

Quenya [Quettaparma Quenyallo] Group: Quettaparma Quenyallo. Published 12 years ago by Ardalambion (Helge Fauskanger)

-n(yë)

suffix. I

Derivations

✶ni “I, me” ✧ VT49/50

Element in

Q. Mettanyë “?I End”

Phonetic Developments

Development Stages Sources
✶ni > -n [-ne] > [-n] ✧ VT49/50

Variations

-n(ye) ✧ PE17/057; PE17/190
-nye ✧ PE17/075; PE17/075; PE22/161; VT49/16; VT49/48; VT49/51
-n ✧ PE17/075; PE17/075; VT49/16; VT49/48; VT49/51

Quenya [PE17/057; PE17/075; PE17/190; PE22/161; VT49/16; VT49/48; VT49/51] Group: Eldamo. Published 3 years ago by Eldamo Import

Development	Stages	Sources
✶ni > -n	[-ne] > [-n]	✧ VT49/50

-n

suffix. I

Quenya Group: Eldamo. Published 6 years ago by Eldamo Import

Sindarin 

anim

pronoun. for myself

Sindarin [LotR/A(v)] an+im. Group: SINDICT. Published 13 years ago by Imported

im

pronoun. I

In late writings (see esp. VT/47:37-38), Tolkien reinterpreted this form as a reflexive pronoun (= "self").

Sindarin [LotR/II:IV, LB/354, VT/47:14,37-38] Group: SINDICT. Published 13 years ago by Imported

im

pronoun. I, I myself; reflexive, self(same)

Cognates

Q. imma “same, self-same, same thing” ✧ VT47/37
Q. immo “same one (person), self” ✧ VT47/37

Derivations

✶immā “reflexive” ✧ VT47/14
√IM “same, alike, [ᴱ√] same, alike”
✶immō “reflexive” ✧ VT47/14
√IM “same, alike, [ᴱ√] same, alike”

Element in

S. im Elrond echanthel ✧ VT47/37
ᴺS. imeneth “namesake, (lit.) same name”
S. im Narvi hain echant “I, Narvi, made them” ✧ LotR/0305; PE17/041; VT47/37
S. inn dha v’im “I have a good mind (to do so), (lit.) there is an ‘inn’ in me” ✧ PE22/165
S. le linnon im Tinúviel “*to thee I sing, I, Tinúviel” ✧ LB/354

Phonetic Developments

Development Stages Sources
✶immā > im [immā] > [imma] > [imm] > [imm] > [im] ✧ VT47/14
✶immō > im [immō] > [immo] > [imm] > [imm] > [im] ✧ VT47/14

Variations

im ✧ LB/354; PE17/041; PE17/046; PE22/165; VT47/14; VT47/14; VT47/37
Im ✧ LotR/0305

Sindarin [LB/354; LotR/0305; PE17/041; PE17/046; PE22/165; VT47/14; VT47/37] Group: Eldamo. Published 3 years ago by Eldamo Import

Development	Stages	Sources
✶immā > im	[immā] > [imma] > [imm] > [imm] > [im]	✧ VT47/14
✶immō > im	[immō] > [immo] > [imm] > [imm] > [im]	✧ VT47/14

im

i

but as subject usually simply the ending -n, as in ónen ”

Sindarin Group: Parviphith. Published 1 year ago by Parviphith (Helge Fauskanger)

ni

pronoun. I

Cognates

Q. ni “me, I”

Derivations

✶ni “I, me”

Sindarin Group: Eldamo. Published 3 years ago by Eldamo Import

nin

i

”me”, genitive nín ”my”, dative anim or enni ”to me, for me”.

Sindarin Group: Parviphith. Published 1 year ago by Parviphith (Helge Fauskanger)

Noldorin 

im

pronoun. I

Element in

N. im Narvi hain echant “I Narvi made them” ✧ TI/182

Noldorin [TI/182] Group: Eldamo. Published 3 years ago by Eldamo Import

Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Qenya 

-nye

suffix. I

Derivations

ᴹ✶ni “I” ✧ Ety/NI²

Phonetic Developments

Development Stages Sources
ᴹ✶NĪ² > nyē- [nje] ✧ Ety/NI²

Variations

nyē- ✧ EtyAC/NI²

Qenya [EtyAC/NI²] Group: Eldamo. Published 3 years ago by Eldamo Import

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶NĪ² > nyē-	[nje]	✧ Ety/NI²

ni

pronoun. I

Derivations

ᴹ✶ni “I”

Element in

ᴹQ. aiqe e kestanelyanen (ela), en ni·túlie ✧ PE22/122
ᴹQ. aiqe e kestanelyanen (ela), en ni·tuluváne ✧ PE22/122
ᴹQ. aiqe e kestanen (ela), en ni·tuluváne ✧ PE22/122
ᴹQ. aiqe e kestanen (ela), en ni·utúliévane ✧ PE22/122
ᴹQ. aiqe e·kestanen ela en ni túlie/karnet “if he had asked me (he did not), I should have come/made it” ✧ PE22/121
ᴹQ. aiqe e·kestanen, en(ai) ni·túlie/karnet “if he had asked me, I should have come/made it” ✧ PE22/121
ᴹQ. aiqe e·kestuvan, ni·tuluva “If he asked me/were to ask me, I should come” ✧ PE22/120
ᴹQ. aiqe kestuvan ni·tuluva “If he asked me/were he to ask, I should come” ✧ PE22/097
ᴹQ. aiqe ni káraza (nila) san ette kára(za) yú “if I were doing this now (I am not), he would be doing it too” ✧ PE22/122; PE22/122
ᴹQ. auve e·kestanen, au ni·túlie “if he had asked me, I might have come” ✧ PE22/121
ᴹQ. illume e·kestanen/kestanelyanen, ni·tulle “when/if he (had) asked me, I came” ✧ PE22/121
ᴹQ. kavinye antās “I can give it” ✧ PE22/092 (~~ni·kave antās~~)
ᴹQ. lairesse nihare to tarassi, yu unta hrívesse landannar “in the summer I live in [i.e. on] the hills [as a rule], and come down to the plains in the winter” ✧ PE22/125
ᴹQ. le·merne i ni·karnéte “you wished that I had made (lit. made) it” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. man táre antáva nin Ilúvatar, Ilúvatar? “what will the Father, O Father, give me” ✧ LR/072
ᴹQ. me·merilte karithe “we wish him to do it” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. me·merilte tule “we wish him to come” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. me·merilti karilthi “we wish them to make them (other things)” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. nie karienna “I am to make; I am for/towards making it” ✧ PE22/123
ᴹQ. nila karit “I do not make it” ✧ PE22/127
ᴹQ. nila tyaze matie makse “I do not like eating meat” ✧ PE22/120
ᴹQ. níla tyaze matite sí “I don’t like eating (to eat) it now” ✧ PE22/120
ᴹQ. ni nahtanelya “I (am) having slain, I have slain” ✧ PE22/104
ᴹQ. ni qente (sa) e·tule “I said he is coming, I said (that) he was coming” ✧ PE22/119
ᴹQ. ni qente (sa) e·tulle “I said he came, I stated that (at some time previous to my speaking) he came (but was no longer present)” ✧ PE22/119
ᴹQ. ni qente (sa) e·utúlie “I said he had come” ✧ PE22/119
ᴹQ. ni qete (sa) e·tule “I say (that) he is coming” ✧ PE22/119
ᴹQ. ni qetis tule “I tell him to come, say to him to come, bid him to come” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. ni taltalya “I am slipping down” ✧ PE22/115
ᴹQ. ni tele karite “I mean to make it” ✧ PE22/118; PE22/118 (~~ni mene karite~~)
ᴹQ. ni tele tule “I intend to come” ✧ PE22/118; PE22/118 (~~ni mene tule~~)
ᴹQ. ni·la nyára pa matie “I am not talking about eating” ✧ PE22/119
ᴹQ. ni·mere in e·karithe “I wish him to do it/that he do(es) it” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. ni·mere in e·tule “I wish him to come/that he come(s)” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. ni·merite karithe “I wish him to do it” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. ni·merite tule “I wish him to come” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. ni·te·qete tule “I tell him to come, say to him to come, bid him to come” ✧ PE22/118
ᴹQ. ni·utúlie nyariello ve atarella “I have just come from talking with your father” ✧ PE22/119
ᴹQ. qe e·kárie i kirya aldaryas, ni kauva kiryasta menelyas “if he finishes the boat by Monday, I shall be able to sail on Wednesday” ✧ PE22/121
ᴹQ. qe e·kestan/kestuvan ni·tuluva “if he asks me, I shall come” ✧ PE22/097
ᴹQ. qe e·kestanen, ni·tulle “if he asked me I came” ✧ PE22/121
ᴹQ. qe e·kestan, ni·tuluva “if he asks me, I shall come” ✧ PE22/120
ᴹQ. qe e·kestuvan, ni·tuluva “when he asks me, I shall come; if on some future occasion he asks me, then on that occasion I shall come” ✧ PE22/120

Variations

ní ✧ PE22/120

Qenya [LR/072; PE21/61; PE22/092; PE22/097; PE22/104; PE22/115; PE22/118; PE22/119; PE22/120; PE22/121; PE22/122; PE22/123; PE22/125; PE22/127; SD/056] Group: Eldamo. Published 3 years ago by Eldamo Import

Old Noldorin 

ni

pronoun. I

Element in

On. ni tūlaiyeta “I should have done it (if ...)” ✧ PE22/098; PE22/121

Old Noldorin [PE22/098; PE22/121] Group: Eldamo. Published 3 years ago by Eldamo Import

Middle Primitive Elvish

ni

pronoun. I

Derivatives

ᴹQ. ni “I”
ᴹQ. -nye “I” ✧ Ety/NI²

Element in

ᴹ✶kabinjē antāsa “I can give it” ✧ PE22/092 (~~ni-kabi antā-t(ĕ)~~)
ᴹ✶ni mati-te “I eat it (him/her)” ✧ PE22/095
ᴹ✶ni mati-te mati-the “I eat it and that” ✧ PE22/095; PE22/095
ᴹ✶ni matite yu the “I eat it and that” ✧ PE22/095
ᴹ✶ni-ndakubākyē, uklaina ndere “I will slay thee, wicked man” ✧ PE21/65

Variations

NĪ² ✧ Ety/NI²
NI² ✧ EtyAC/NI²

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NI²; EtyAC/NI²; PE21/61; PE21/65; PE22/092; PE22/094; PE22/095] Group: Eldamo. Published 3 years ago by Eldamo Import