Quenya 

miqu-

to kiss

miqu- vb. "to kiss", the pa.t. minquë ("q") is cited, not to be confused with the cardinal minquë "eleven" (QL:61). Also miquë ("q")noun "a kiss". Old plural form miquilis ("q") "kisses" (MC:215; this is "Qenya")

miqu-

verb. to kiss

Derivations

Variations

  • mikwi- ✧ PE16/096

minquë

cardinal. eleven

minquë ("q") cardinal "eleven" (MINIK-W, LT1:260, VT48:4, 6, 8, VT49:57). Not to be confused with minquë as the pa.t. of miqu- "to kiss", q.v. Etymology discussed, VT48:7, 8 (where the unorthodox spelling "minkwe" occurs besides "minque").

minquë

cardinal. eleven

Cognates

  • S. minib “eleven” ✧ PE17/095; VT48/07; VT48/06; VT48/08
  • T. minipë “eleven” ✧ VT48/06; VT48/08

Derivations

  • ✶min(i)kewē̆ “eleven, (lit.) fresh one” ✧ VT48/07; VT48/08

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶min(i)k(e)we > minikwē̆ > minkwe[minikwē] > [minkwē] > [miŋkwē] > [miŋkwe]✧ VT48/07
✶min(i)kewe > minikwē > minque[minikwē] > [minkwē] > [miŋkwē] > [miŋkwe]✧ VT48/08

Variations

  • minque ✧ PE17/095; VT48/06; VT48/07; VT48/08
  • minkwe ✧ VT48/07
Quenya [PE17/095; VT48/06; VT48/07; VT48/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

miquë

noun. kiss

Cognates

  • ᴺS. mib “(little) kiss, peck”

Derivations

Element in

Sindarin 

mimp

cardinal. eleven

Sindarin [PE/17:95] Group: SINDICT. Published by

mimp

cardinal. eleven

_ card. _eleven. Q. minque. >> imp. This gloss was rejected.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:95] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

minib

cardinal. eleven

Sindarin [VT/48:6-8] Group: SINDICT. Published by

minib

cardinal. eleven

Cognates

  • Q. minquë “eleven” ✧ PE17/095; VT48/07; VT48/06; VT48/08
  • T. minipë “eleven” ✧ VT48/07

Derivations

  • ✶min(i)kewē̆ “eleven, (lit.) fresh one” ✧ VT48/07; VT48/08

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶min(i)k(e)we > minikwē̆ > minib[minikwē] > [minipē] > [minipe] > [minip] > [minib]✧ VT48/07
✶min(i)kewe > minikwē > minib[minikwē] > [minipē] > [minipe] > [minip] > [minib]✧ VT48/08

Variations

  • mimp ✧ PE17/095 (mimp)
Sindarin [PE17/095; VT48/06; VT48/07; VT48/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mib-

verb. kiss

Sindarin [Unknown] < [[miqu-]] (Qenya). Published by

mib-

verb. to kiss

Derivations

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

mítha-

verb. to kiss

Derivations

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

minib

cardinal. eleven

minib (VT48:6-8)

Telerin 

minipë

cardinal. eleven

Cognates

  • Q. minquë “eleven” ✧ VT48/06; VT48/08
  • S. minib “eleven” ✧ VT48/07

Derivations

  • ✶min(i)kewē̆ “eleven, (lit.) fresh one” ✧ VT48/07; VT48/08

Variations

  • minipe ✧ VT48/06; VT48/07; VT48/08; VT48/21
Telerin [VT48/06; VT48/07; VT48/08; VT48/21] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Primitive elvish

mikw Reconstructed

root. kiss

Derivatives

  • Q. miqu- “to kiss”
  • ᴺQ. miquë “kiss”
  • ᴺS. mib “(little) kiss, peck”
  • ᴺS. mib- “to kiss”
  • ᴺS. mítha- “to kiss”

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!

Qenya 

miqilis

noun. kiss

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MIQI “kiss”

minqe

cardinal. eleven

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MINIK(W) “*eleven” ✧ Ety/MINI
    • ᴹ√MIN “stand alone, stick out” ✧ Ety/MINI

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√MÍNIK-W > minqe[minikwē] > [minkwē] > [miŋkwē] > [miŋkwe]✧ Ety/MINI

Gnomish

cailthi

noun. kiss

Element in

Gnomish [GG/11; GL/24] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cailtha-

verb. to kiss

mictha-

verb. to kiss, bill

Cognates

  • Eq. miq- “to kiss”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MIQI “kiss”

Early Primitive Elvish

miqi

root. kiss

The root ᴱ√MIQI “kiss” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. miq- “to kiss” and ᴱQ. miqele “kissing” (QL/61). Derivatives also appeared in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. mib “a little kiss, a peck” and G. mictha- “kiss, bill” (GL/57). The word ᴱQ. miqilitse “little or tender kiss” appeared in the ᴱQ. Nieninqe poem from the 1920s (MC/215; PE16/90, 92). Tolkien created a new version of this poem in 1955 and reused many of the same words, including Q. mikwi- “kiss” and Q. miquelis “(soft, sweet) kiss” (PE16/96); the latter also appeared as ᴹQ. miqilis “kiss” in the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s (PE21/33). These later examples support the ongoing validity of this root, perhaps as ✱√MIKW.

Derivatives

  • Eq. miq- “to kiss” ✧ QL/061
  • Eq. miqe “kiss” ✧ QL/061
  • ᴹQ. miqilis “kiss”
  • G. mib “little kiss, peck”
  • G. mictha- “to kiss, bill”
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/061] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

miqe

noun. kiss

Cognates

  • G. mib “little kiss, peck”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MIQI “kiss” ✧ QL/061

Element in

  • Eq. miqele “kissing” ✧ QL/061
  • Eq. miqilitse “little or tender kiss” ✧ QL/061

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√MIQI > miqe[mikʷē] > [mikʷe]✧ QL/061
Early Quenya [PME/061; QL/061] Group: Eldamo. Published by

miq-

verb. to kiss

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MIQI “kiss” ✧ QL/061

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√MIQI > miq-[mikʷ-]✧ QL/061
Early Quenya [QL/061] Group: Eldamo. Published by

minqe

cardinal. eleven

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MĪ “*one” ✧ LT1A/Minethlos; QL/061

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√MĪ¹ > minqe[miŋkʷē] > [miŋkʷe]✧ QL/061

Variations

  • minqë ✧ LT1A/Minethlos
Early Quenya [LT1A/Minethlos; PE14/049; PE14/082; PE14/083; PME/061; QL/061] Group: Eldamo. Published by