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lenwë

leaving, departure

lenwë (1) noun "leaving, departure" (PE17:51)

lenwë

lenwë

Lenwë (2) noun the leader of the Nandor (Nandorin Denweg, primitive ¤Denwego) (WJ:412)

lenwë

masculine name. Lenwë

The Quenya name of the leader of the Nandor (S/54). The meaning of the initial element is unclear, but its final element is the suffix -wë common in ancient names. See the entry for his Nandorin name, Nan. Denweg, for further discussion.

Conceptual Development: In earlier linguistic notes from the 1930s (PE18/24) and Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (MR/169), his Quenya name was Nano or [ᴹQ.] Nanno.

Cognates

  • Nan. Denweg ✧ WJ/385; WJ/412; WJI/Lenwë; WJI/Denweg

Derivations

Elements

WordGloss
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-wë“ancient name suffix (usually but not always masculine)”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
Denwego > Lenwe[denwego] > [denweg] > [denweɣ] > [denwe]✧ WJ/412

Variations

  • Lenwe ✧ WJ/385; WJ/412
Quenya [SI/Lenwë; SMI/Dan; SMI/Lenwë; WJ/385; WJ/412; WJI/Dân; WJI/Denweg; WJI/Lenwë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lenwë

noun. leaving, departure

Derivations

  • ledmē “leaving, departure” ✧ PE17/051
    • LED “go, proceed, go, proceed, [ᴹ√] fare, travel” ✧ PE17/051

Element in

  • Q. lenweta- “to go away, migrate, leave one’s abode” ✧ PE17/051

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ledmē > lenwe[ledmē] > [lenmē] > [lenwē] > [lenwe]✧ PE17/051

Variations

  • lenwe ✧ PE17/051