sanar

mind

sanar noun "mind" (literally "thinker" or "reflector", suggesting an underlying verb #sana- "to think, to reflect") (VT41:13)

sáma

mind

sáma noun "mind" (pl. sámar and dual samat [sic, read *sámat?] are given) (VT39:23, VT41:5, VT49:33, PE17:183)

sáma

noun. mind

Derivations

• √SAM “mind, think, reflect, be aware” ✧ PE17/183; VT41/05

Element in

• ᴺQ. sámalórië “madness”
• ᴺQ. essámalë “agreement, (lit.) one-mindedness”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√SAM > sāma	[sāma]	✧ PE17/183
√sam > sāma	[sāma]	✧ VT41/05

Variations

• sāma ✧ PE17/183; VT41/05

indo

heart, mood

indo (1) noun "heart, mood" (ID), "state" (perhaps especially state of mind, given the other glosses) (VT39:23), "mind, region/range of thought, mood" (PE17:155, 179), "inner thought, in fea as exhibited in character or [?personality]" (PE17:189). In another post-LotR source, indo is translated "resolve" or "will", the state of mind leading directly to action (VT41:13). Indo is thus "the mind in its purposing faculty, the will" (VT41:17). Indo-ninya,a word occurring in Fíriels Song, translated "my heart" (see ninya). In the compound indemma "mind-picture", the first element would seem to be indo.

enda

heart

enda noun "heart", but not referring to the physical organ; it literally means "centre" (cf. endë) and refers to the fëa (soul) or sáma (mind) itself. (VT39:32)

intyalë

imagination

intyalë noun "imagination" (INK/INIK, VT49:33)

isima

imagination

isima (þ?) noun "imagination" (if a variant of síma, q.v.; the form isima as such is not clearly glossed) (VT49:16)

nausë

imagination

nausë (Þ) noun "imagination" (NOWO, VT49:33)

isima

noun. imagination, mind

síma

mind, imagination

síma noun "mind, imagination" (VT49:16); variant isima. Also attested with endings: símaryassen "in their imaginations" (with the ending -rya used = "their" rather than "his/her", according to colloquial useage) (VT49:16)

síma

noun. imagination, mind

Derivations

• √IS “know” ✧ VT48/25

Element in

• Q. epetai i hyarma ú ten ulca símaryassen “consequently the left hand was not to them evil in their imaginations” ✧ VT49/16; VT49/16; VT49/16

Variations

• isima ✧ VT49/16

sanar

noun. mind, thinker, reflector

Derivations

• √SAN “think, use mind; (trans.) ponder, consider in thought” ✧ VT41/16

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√SAN > sanar	[sanar]	✧ VT41/16

hón

heart

hón noun "heart" (physical) (KHŌ-N); hon-maren "heart of the house", a fire (LR:63, 73; this is "Qenya" with genitive in -en, not -o as in LotR-style Quenya read *hon-maro?)

elwen

heart

elwen noun "heart" (LT1:255; rather hón or enda in LotR-style Quenya)

órë

heart

órë (1) noun "heart" (inner mind), also name of tengwa #21 (Appendix E), "premonition" (VT41:13), "nearest equivalent of 'heart' in our application to feelings, or emotions (courage, fear, hope, pity, etc.)" (VT41:13). The órë apparently defines a person's personality, cf. the description of Galadriel in PM:337, that "there dwelt in her the noble and generous spirit (órë) of the Vanyar". Órenya "my heart" (VT41:11).

gûr

noun. heart (in the moral sense), counsel

gûr

heart

(i ’ûr, construct gur), pl. guir (i nguir = i ñuir). Note: A homophone means ”death”, but has different mutations. (VT41:11).

ind

mind

ind (inner thought, meaning, heart), no distinct pl. form;, coll. pl. innath.

ind

mind

(inner thought, meaning, heart), no distinct pl. form;, coll. pl. innath.

ind

heart

(inner thought, mind, meaning), no distinct pl. form;, coll. pl. innath.

gûr

inner mind

(i ’ûr, construct gur) (heart), pl. guir (i nguir = i ñuir). Note: A homophone means ”death”, but has different mutations. (VT41:11)

nest

heart

(core, center), pl. nist. Also notice the prefix hû- apparently meaning ”heart”..

hûn

heart

1) (physical heart) hûn (i chûn, o chûn, construct hun), pl. huin (i chuin), 2) (inner mind) gûr (i **ûr, construct gur), pl. guir (i nguir = i ñuir). Note: A homophone means ”death”, but has different mutations. (VT41:11). 3) ind (inner thought, mind, meaning), no distinct pl. form;, coll. pl. innath. 4) nest (core, center), pl. nist. Also notice the prefix hû**- apparently meaning ”heart”..

hûn

heart

(i chûn, o chûn, construct hun), pl. huin (i chuin)

in(id)

root. mind, (inner) thought, inmost heart, inner senses

A root appearing in various notes written around 1957 connected to the mind (PE17/145, 155, 189; UT/400; VT43/16). Its most notable derivatives are Q. indo/S. ind “(state of) mind”. In The Etymologies of the 1930s, ᴹQ. indo “heart, mood” and N. ind “inner thought, meaning, heart” were instead derived from the root ᴹ√ID; this 1930s root was unglossed but had derivatives connected to both thoughts and desires, such as ᴹQ. íre “desire, longing” (Ety/ID).

Tolkien introduced a new derivation of indo from √IN(ID) in Quenya Notes written in 1957 (PE17/145, 189):

> IN-I-D, mind, inner thought. These refer to the movements or activities of the fëa or “spirit” (rational soul). indo, inner thought, in fea as exhibited in character or [?personality]. indóme, settled character, also used of the “will” of Eru (PE17/189).

The root √IN- “inmost heart, thought, mind” with extended forms √INID and √INIS also appeared in contemporaneous Notes on Names (NN), again as the basis for indo (PE17/155).

Tolkien coined yet another etymology of Q. indo in notes written in 1969, deriving it from √NID “force, press(ure), thrust” (PE22/165). This new derivation doesn’t necessarily invalidate √INID, but rather gives a new basis for the root itself as an vocalic augment of √NID rather than an extended form of √IN-.

Derivatives

• ᴺ✶. inrē “thoughtfulness”
  • ᴺS. idhor “thoughtfulness”
• Q. indo “(state of) mind, (inner) thought, mood; will, resolve, (state of) mind, (inner) thought, mood; will, resolve; [ᴹQ.] heart” ✧ PE17/155; PE17/155; PE17/189
  • Q. indu- “to will, do on purpose” ✧ PE22/165
• Q. indómë “settled character; will of Eru” ✧ PE17/189; VT43/16
• ᴺQ. indya “device, method, trick; machine, engine”

Element in

• Q. incánu “mind master” ✧ PE17/155
• Q. Incánus “Mind Master(ship)” ✧ UT/400

Variations

• IN-I-D ✧ PE17/145; PE17/155; PE17/189
• IN ✧ PE17/155
• INIS ✧ PE17/155
• INID ✧ PE17/155
• IN-ID ✧ PE17/155
• in(id)- ✧ UT/400
• in-i-d ✧ VT43/16

inis

root. inmost heart, thought, mind

sam

root. mind, think, reflect, be aware

Derivatives

• ✶sam-wē “an act of thinking, a thought” ✧ PE17/183; VT41/05
  • Q. sanwë “thought, an act of thinking” ✧ PE17/183; VT41/05
• Q. sáma “mind” ✧ PE17/183; VT41/05

Variations

• SAM ✧ PE17/183
• sam ✧ VT41/05

hûn

noun. heart (physical)