Quenya 

lúmequenta

history, chronological account

lúmequenta ("q")noun "history, chronological account" (LU)

lúmequentalë

history

lúmequentalë ("q")noun "history" (LU, KWET). According to VT45:29, the accent marking the ú as a long vowel is actually missing in the entry LU in Tolkien's original Etymologies manuscript; yet it is apparently included both in the entry KWET and in the related words lúmequenta and lúmequentalëa; its omission in the entry LU is therefore probably just a slip.

lumenyárë

history, chronological account

lumenyárë noun "history, chronological account" (NAR2 - read *lúmenyárë?) According to VT45:36, the manuscript spelling actually seems to be lumennyáre, but Hostetter and Wynne conclude that this is "probably a slip": The double nn would be difficult to justify.

Sindarin 

pennas

history

(i bennas, o phennas) (account), pl. pennais (i phennais), coll. pl. pennassath

gobennas

history

1) gobennas (i **obennas), pl. gebennais (i ngebennais = i ñebennais), collective pl. gobennnassath**. (Archaic pl. *göbennais.) 2) pennas (i bennas, o phennas) (account), pl. pennais (i phennais), coll. pl. pennassath

gobennas

history

(i ’obennas), pl. gebennais (i ngebennais = i ñebennais), collective pl. gobennnassath. (Archaic pl. ✱göbennais.)

Noldorin 

pennas

noun. history, historical account

Noldorin [Ety/366, WJ/192, WJ/206] Group: SINDICT. Published by

pennas

noun. history

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. qenta “tale, story, account, history” ✧ SM/27; LRI/Qenta
  • ᴹQ. qentale “account, history” ✧ Ety/KWET

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KWET “say” ✧ Ety/KWET

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
pent“tale, story”
-as“abstract noun”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KWET > pennas[kwentasse] > [pentasse] > [pentʰasse] > [penθasse] > [penθass] > [pennass] > [pennas]✧ Ety/KWET

Variations

  • Pennas ✧ LR/201; LR/202; LRI/Pennas; LRI/Qenta; SM/077; SM/27; SMI/Pennas
Noldorin [Ety/KWET; LR/201; LR/202; LRI/Pennas; LRI/Qenta; SM/077; SM/206; SM/27; SMI/Pennas] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gobennas

noun. history

Noldorin [Ety/366] go-+pennas. Group: SINDICT. Published by

gobennas

noun. history

Cognates

Element in

Noldorin [Ety/KWET] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

lúmeqenta

noun. history, chronological account

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
lúme“time, hour”
qenta“tale, story, account, history”

lúmeqentale

noun. history

as this form is an abstraction, it likely means “History” as a general concept

Cognates

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
lúmeqenta“history, chronological account”
-le“abstract noun”

Variations

  • lumeqentale ✧ Ety/LU
Qenya [Ety/KWET; Ety/LU; EtyAC/LU] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qentasse

noun. history

Variations

  • quentassë ✧ SM/206