handassë

intelligence

handassë noun "intelligence" (KHAN)

handelë

intellect

handelë noun "intellect" (another gloss, "intelligence", Tolkien transferred to handassë) (KHAN, VT45:21)

handa

understanding, intelligent

handa (1) adj. "understanding, intelligent" (KHAN)

handë

knowledge, understanding, intelligence

handë noun "knowledge, understanding, intelligence" (KHAN). Note: *handë is (probably) also the past tense of the verb har- "sit".

ista

knowledge

ista (1) noun "knowledge" (IS). Also istya.

istare

noun. knowledge

istya

knowledge

istya noun "knowledge" (IS). Also ista (#1).

issë

knowledge, lore

issë noun "knowledge, lore" (LT2:339; rather ista or istya in Tolkien's later Quenya)

Nolmë

knowledge, philosophy (including science)

Nolmë ("ñ")noun "knowledge, Philosophy (including Science)" (PM:360 cf. 344)

gûl

noun. knowledge

n. knowledge, deep knowledge not 'occult' in modern sense, but applied to the deper knowledge of the 'wise' or skilled persons, not kept secret (as [?among the] Elves) but not attainable by all. Q. ñōle, B.S. gûl phantom, shadow of dark magic, necromancer, slave, servant?. The B.S. word gûl was prob. derived from ngōl-.

ist

knowledge

ist (lore); no distinct pl. form.

ist

knowledge

(lore); no distinct pl. form.

ista

have knowledge

(i ista, in istar), pa.t. sint or istas (VT45:18).

hannas

understanding

(noun) hannas (i channas, o channas), pl. hennais (i chennais) if there is a pl.

hannas

understanding

(i channas, o channas), pl. hennais (i chennais) if there is a pl.

handos

noun. *understanding, intelligence

hannas

noun. understanding, intelligence

hannas

noun. understanding, intelligence

Cognates

• ᴹQ. handasse “intelligence” ✧ Ety/KHAN

Element in

• N. Borthandos “*Steadfast-intelligence” ✧ Ety/BOR
• ᴺS. pen-channas “stupid, idiotic, *(lit.) lack-wit”

Variations

• handos ✧ Ety/BOR

heniad

gerund noun. understanding, intelligence

ista-

verb. to have knowledge