Quenya 

istya

knowledge

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

ista

knowledge

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

ista-

verb. to know

Derivations

  • √IS “know” ✧ PE17/155; VT41/06; VT48/25

Element in

  • Q. iluisa “omniscient” ✧ VT39/20
  • ᴺQ. istalë “information”
  • ᴺQ. istanómë “school, academy”
  • Q. istan quetë “I can speak, I know how to speak” ✧ PE17/155; PE17/155
  • Q. Istar “Wizard, (lit.) One Who Knows”
  • Q. istima “wise (in sense knowing very much), knowledgeable, very well informed, learned”
  • Q. laista “ignorance, (lit.) not-knowing”
  • Q. lá istan “I suppose so, I don’t know” ✧ PE22/158
  • Q. sinwa “known, certain, ascertained” ✧ PE17/068
  • Q. sívë “knowing, knowledge”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√ISI > istan[istan]✧ PE17/155
√isi > istan[istan]✧ VT41/06
√IS > is-ta[ista-]✧ VT48/25

Variations

  • ista ✧ PE17/052; PE22/164; VT49/16
  • istā ✧ PE22/148 (istā)
  • is-ta ✧ VT48/25
Quenya [PE17/052; PE17/068; PE17/077; PE17/155; PE22/148; PE22/156; PE22/157; PE22/158; PE22/159; PE22/164; VT39/20; VT41/06; VT48/25; VT49/16] Group: Eldamo. Published by

istea

adjective. knowing

Quenya [PE 22:111] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

istare

noun. knowledge

Quenya [PE 22:110] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

issë

knowledge, lore

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

handë

knowledge, understanding, intelligence

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

sívë

knowing, knowledge

sívë (3) noun "knowing, knowledge" (PE17:68; probably never meant to coexist with #1 and #2 above, so istya may be preferred)

Nolmë

knowledge, philosophy (including science)

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

Sindarin 

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-.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:79] < _ngōl_-. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

ista

have knowledge

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

ist

knowledge

ist (lore); no distinct pl. form.

ist

knowledge

(lore); no distinct pl. form.

Primitive elvish

ista-

verb. to know

Derivations

  • √IS “know” ✧ PE22/129; PE22/134

Variations

  • ista ✧ PE22/129; PE22/134; PE22/135; PE22/158
  • is-ta ✧ PE22/134
Primitive elvish [PE22/129; PE22/130; PE22/134; PE22/135; PE22/158] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

ista-

verb. to have knowledge

Noldorin [Ety/361, VT/45:18] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

istya

noun. knowledge

Cognates

  • N. ist “lore, knowledge, lore, knowledge; [G.] feeling, sensation; notion” ✧ Ety/IS

Derivations

  • ᴹ√IS “*know” ✧ Ety/IS

Element in

  • ᴹQ. anaristya “[unglossed]”
  • ᴹQ. Istimor “The Wise” ✧ Ety/IS
  • ᴺQ. istyalóra “ignorant”
  • ᴹQ. istyar “scholar, learned man, lore-master, wizard” ✧ Ety/IS

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√IS > ista[ista]✧ Ety/IS
ᴹ√IS > istya[istja]✧ Ety/IS

Variations

  • ista ✧ Ety/IS
Qenya [Ety/IS; PE21/12; PE21/13; PE22/020] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ista

noun. knowledge

ista-

verb. to know

Cognates

  • N. ista- “to have knowledge, to have knowledge, [G.] know, be aware, perceive, feel” ✧ Ety/IS

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶ista- “to know”
    • ᴹ√IS “*know”
  • ᴹ√IS “*know” ✧ Ety/IS

Element in

  • ᴹQ. istalima “knowable, ascertainable”
  • ᴹQ. istare “knowledge”
  • ᴹQ. istima “having knowledge, wise, learned” ✧ Ety/IS

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√IS > ista-[ista-]✧ Ety/IS

Variations

  • ista ✧ PE22/104; PE22/107; PE22/115
  • ist(ă) ✧ PE22/114
Qenya [Ety/IS; PE22/104; PE22/106; PE22/107; PE22/108; PE22/109; PE22/111; PE22/112; PE22/114; PE22/115] Group: Eldamo. Published by

istare

noun. knowledge

Elements

WordGloss
ista-“to know”
-(á)re“general action verbal suffix”

Middle Primitive Elvish

ista-

verb. to know

Derivations

  • ᴹ√IS “*know”

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. ista- “to know”
  • N. ista- “to have knowledge, to have knowledge, [G.] know, be aware, perceive, feel”

Variations

  • istă ✧ PE22/098
Middle Primitive Elvish [PE22/095; PE22/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

gist-

verb. to know

Derivations

Early Noldorin [PE13/144] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

ŋolo

root. to know

Derivatives

  • ᴱ✶Ngol(o)dō-
    • Eq. Noldo “Gnome” ✧ PE13/145
    • Eq. noldare “mole” ✧ QL/067
    • En. Golodh “Gnome, Deep-elf” ✧ PE13/145
    • Et. goldo ✧ PE13/145
  • ᴱ✶ŋolđō
    • Eq. Noldo “Gnome” ✧ GL/41
    • Eq. noldare “mole” ✧ QL/067
    • G. Golda “Gnome, wise one” ✧ GL/41
  • ᴱ✶ŋōlo
    • G. Golda “Gnome, wise one” ✧ PE13/117; PE13/117
  • ᴱ✶ŋolta
    • G. Golda “Gnome, wise one” ✧ PE13/117
  • Eq. Noldo “Gnome” ✧ LT1A/Noldoli; QL/067
  • Eq. nóleme “deep lore, wisdom” ✧ LT1A/Noldoli; QL/067
  • G. Golda “Gnome, wise one” ✧ LT1A/Noldoli
  • G. golma “lore, wisdom, ancient lore”
  • En. gûl “wisdom”

Variations

  • NOL ✧ LT1A/Noldoli
  • ŇOL ✧ QL/067
  • ŇOLO ✧ QL/067
Early Primitive Elvish [LT1A/Noldoli; QL/067] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

ista-

verb. to know

Cognates

  • G. ista- “to know, be aware, perceive, feel”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ISI “*know” ✧ LT2A/Eldarissa; QL/043

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ISI > ista[ista-]✧ LT2A/Eldarissa
ᴱ√ISI¹ > ista[ista-]✧ QL/043

Variations

  • ista ✧ LT2A/Eldarissa; PE16/133; QL/043
Early Quenya [LT2A/Eldarissa; PE14/086; PE15/32; PE16/133; QL/043; QL/085] Group: Eldamo. Published by