I Vene Kemen
I Vene Kemen
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i vene kemen
proper name. *Shape of the Earth, Vessel of the Earth
Name of a very early map showing the lands of Middle-earth as parts of a ship, translated by Christopher Tolkien as “Shape of the Earth” or “Vessel of the Earth” (LT1/84-5), a combination of i “the”, vene “vessel” and kemen “Earth”.
Elements
Word Gloss i “the” vene “small boat, vessel, dish” kemen “soil, earth”
Christopher Tolkien has suggested that I Vene Kemen is a Qenya name perhaps meaning "The Shape of the Earth" or "The Vessel of the Earth". The element vene is likely related to the root VENE "shape, cut out, scoop" and its derivative venë ("small boat, vessel, dish"). For the element kemen, the Qenya Lexicon contains the words kemi ("earth, soil") and kemen ("soil"), derived from the root KEME.