{k} _pron. _thou. Lenited in _gī _as in mae g(ī)' ovannen 'well [art] you met'.
Quenya
-lyë
thou, you
Sindarin
ci
thou
ci
pronoun. thou
Derivations
- ✶ki “you (imperious/familiar)” ✧ PE17/017
Element in
- S. mae govannen “well met” ✧ PE17/017
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶kī > ki [kī] > [ki] ✧ PE17/017 Variations
- ki ✧ PE17/017
le
thou
le (attested as dative ”to thee”; possibly also used as nominative/accusative, though an accusative *len ”thee” may be theorized to exist). Genitive lín ”thy”.
le
thou
(attested as dative ”to thee”; possibly also used as nominative/accusative, though an accusative ✱len ”thee” may be theorized to exist). Genitive lín ”thy”.
lothron
may
Adûnaic
ki
pronoun. *you
A pronominal prefix, most likely the second person pronoun “you”, appearing in the verb kitabdahê “[you] touch me” in the sentence bâ kitabdahê (SD/250). See the entry on pronominal-prefixes for more discussion.
Element in
- Ad. bâ kitabdahê “Don’t touch me!” ✧ SD/250
Primitive elvish
ki
noun. you (imperious/familiar)
Derivatives
Element in
Variations
- kī ✧ PE17/017
- KE ✧ VT48/25
- iki ✧ VT49/50 (iki)
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!
Middle Primitive Elvish
ke
pronoun. thou
Derivatives
Element in
- ᴹ✶ke mati-te “thou eatest it” ✧ PE22/095
- ᴹ✶ni-ndakubākyē, uklaina ndere “I will slay thee, wicked man” ✧ PE21/65 (
kyĕ ndăkŭbā̆nyē, uklaina ndere)Variations
- kyĕ ✧ PE21/65 (
kyĕ)
Early Primitive Elvish
ki
root. this by me
Derivatives
Element in
- Eq. ike “this”
Variations
- ki- ✧ QL/041
Early Quenya
ki
particle. may; particle of uncertainty
Changes
ke→ ki ✧ PE14/059Element in
- Eq. hi·tule ki “she may be coming, may come” ✧ PE14/059
- Eq. mai ni·tuluva tu·tuluval ki “if I come (fut.), they will come” ✧ PE14/059
- Eq. naike “would [that]” ✧ PE14/059
Variations
- ke ✧ PE14/059 (
ke)
kalainis
proper name. May
A name for the month of May in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/44), an abstract noun formation from kalaine “serenity, serene”.
Derivations
- ᴱ√KALA “shine golden” ✧ LT1A/Erinti; LT1A/Galmir
lunde kalaina
proper name. May
A name for the month of May in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/56), a combination of lunde “month” and kalain(e)a “serene” similar to another name of this month: Kalainis.
Variations
- (Lunde) kalaina ✧ QL/056
lotession
proper name. May
lunde lótea
proper name. May
A name for the month of May in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/56), a combination of lunde “month” and lótea “full of blossom”.
Variations
- (lunde) lótea ✧ QL/056
- (Lunde) lōtea ✧ QL/056
-lyë pronominal ending "thou, you" (VT49:48), 2nd person sg. formal/polite: hiruvalyë "thou shalt find" (Nam, RGEO:67), carilyë *"you do" (VT49:16). Long form of -l, q.v. The ending also occurs in alyë, the imperative particle a with a pronominal suffix (VT43:17); see a #3. The intimate/familiar ending corresponding to polite/formal -lyë is -tyë, q.v