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mana
pronoun. who, what, which
mána
adjective. blessed
manas(se)
adverb. manas(se)
man
pronoun. what
manar(yas)
adverb. on what day
manima
adjective. of what kind, of what sort, what kind of
The correlative ᴹQ. manima “of what kind, what kind of” appeared in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/107), a combination of interrogative ᴹQ. ma and ᴹQ. -ima “way, manner”. It also appeared in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from this same period (PE22/124).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would update this to ᴺQ. manaitë “of what kind, of what sort, what kind of” using the later suffix Q. -itë. Compare Q. taitë “of that sort”.
manar
noun. doom, final end, fate, fortune; final bliss
mana le·qente
what did you say?
manandon
adverb. after what fashion, like what
mana só
*what of that (would ask for a fresh opinion rather than a choice among those already expressed)
mana tana márion
which of those houses
manar i·ennor/lie i me·kenner
who (are or were) the persons/people that we saw?
mana (már) tanion
which of those houses
manalka
adjective. how much or how great
mana nér
what man
mana nís
what woman
mane
pronoun. who
man(an)
adverb. when
The correlatives manan or man “when” appeared in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/109), a combination of interrogative ᴹQ. ma and ᴹQ. -n(an) “time”.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would stick to ᴹQ. mallume, since I think -n(an) was abandoned.
le·qente mana?
what did you say?
masse
adverb. where
A correlatives meaning “where” appearing in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/111), a combination of interrogative ᴹQ. ma and the locative suffix ᴹQ. -sse. It also appeared in several places in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from this same period (PE22/124-126). In DRC, it had a longer variant manas(se) based on mana “what” (PE23/111).
malka
adjective. how great, how much
The correlatives ᴹQ. malka or manalka “how much or how great” appeared in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/108), a combination of interrogative ᴹQ. ma and ᴹQ. -lka “much”. The longer form manalka could be used to ask the age of children, but manárea is more common for that purpose (see that entry for discussion). The shorter form malka also appeared with the gloss “how great” in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from this same period (PE22/124).
manárea
adjective. how old, how long lasting, (lit.) lasting or living how many days
The correlative ᴹQ. manárea “how old, how long lasting, (lit.) lasting or living how many days” appeared in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/108), a combination of interrogative ᴹQ. ma and an adjectival form of ᴹQ. are “day”.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would update this to ᴺQ. manaurëa using Q. aurë for “day”.
mal(de)
adverb. how, in what manner
The correlative ᴹQ. mal or malde “how, in what manner” appeared in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/111), a combination of interrogative ᴹQ. ma and ᴹQ. -l(de) “way, manner”.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would update this to ᴺQ. manallë “somehow, in some way” using the later suffix Q. -llë.
m(an)ainen
adverb. by what means
almárea
adjective. blessed
ambar
noun. fate
mande
noun. doom, final end, fate, fortune; final bliss
manárea túro?
how old is Túro?
qalin
adjective. dead, dead, [ᴱQ.] dying
An adjective for “dead” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KWAL “die (in pain)” (Ety/KWAL).
Conceptual Development: The adjective ᴱQ. qalin meant “dead” all the way back in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s where it was derived from the early root ᴱ√QALA “die” (QL/76; PME/76). In the Qenya Lexicon it has an archaic variant ᴱQ. †qalna (QL/76). In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, qalin appeared in the stative construction qalinya {“is dead” >>} “is dying” (PE16/140).
tyel
noun. end
umbar
noun. fate, doom
íre
conjunction. when
The correlatives ᴹQ. manar and manaryas “on what day” appeared in Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems (DRC) from 1948 (PE23/109), a combination of interrogative ᴹQ. ma and ᴹQ. -ar(yas) “day”.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would update this to ᴺQ. manaurë using Q. aurë for “day”.