Quenya 

quí(ta)

conjunction. if

qui

conjunction. if, when

Quenya [PE 22:158] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

conjunction. if

Derivations

  • KE/EKE “may (be); have chance, opportunity or permission; it is open” ✧ VT49/19

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ke > ke[ke]✧ VT49/19

Variations

  • ✧ VT49/19; VT49/26
  • ke ✧ VT49/19; VT49/19; VTE/42
  • kē̆ ✧ VT49/19
Quenya [VT49/19; VT49/26; VTE/42] Group: Eldamo. Published by

iqui

conjunction. if

Quenya [PE 22:158] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

iqui

conjunction. if

mai

if

mai (2) conj. "if" (PE14:59 cf. VT49:20; possibly obsoleted by #1 above; for "if", Tolkien later used qui)

que

conjunction. if

Quenya [PE 22:97; PE 22:120] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

qui

if

qui conj. "if" (VT49:19)

qui

conjunction. if

Cognates

  • ᴺS. pi “if”

Derivations

  • KWI “suppose” ✧ PE22/158; VT49/19

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
kwi- > qui[kwi]✧ VT49/19

Variations

  • quī ✧ PE22/140; PE22/158 (quī)
  • kwí ✧ PE22/154; VT42/34
  • kwíta ✧ PE22/154; VT42/34
  • quīta ✧ PE22/158 (quīta)
  • quī(ta) ✧ PE22/158 (quī(ta))
  • quíta ✧ PE22/158 (quíta)
  • kwi ✧ PE22/158
  • iqui ✧ PE22/158
Quenya [PE22/140; PE22/154; PE22/158; VT42/34; VT49/19] Group: Eldamo. Published by

it(ë) Speculative

adverb. if

Element in

  • Q. [[q|[?it/itē] kestallen, tuluvanye]] “if you ask me, I shall come” ✧ PE22/138
  • Q. [[q|aite[?] kestallen]] “now, suppose, you ask me” ✧ PE22/138
  • Q. [[q|aite[?] kestuvallen, tuluvanye]] “now supposing you asked me, a thing unlikely {or ridiculous} to suppose...” ✧ PE22/138

Variations

  • it ✧ PE22/138 (it)
  • itē ✧ PE22/138
  • [i]te ✧ PE22/138 ([i]te)

Sindarin 

ae

lE conjunction. if, supposing

Cognate of Q. ai.

Sindarin [PE22] Group: Neologism. Published by

ae

conjunction. if

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

pi

adverb. if

Cognates

  • Q. qui “if”

Derivations

  • KWI “suppose”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

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Qenya 

qe

conjunction. if

Changes

  • queit “if” ✧ PE22/138

Element in

Variations

  • que ✧ PE22/138 (Q. que)
Qenya [PE22/097; PE22/120; PE22/121; PE22/122; PE22/138] Group: Eldamo. Published by