-wë a suffix occurring in many personal names, generally but not exclusively masculine (Elenwë is the sole certain example of a fem. name with this ending); it is derived from a stem simply meaning "person" (PM:340, WJ:399). In Etym, -wë is simply defined as an element that is frequent in masculine names, and it is there derived from a stem (WEG) having to do with "(manly) vigour".
Quenya
lie
noun. people
lië
people
lië
noun. people, folk
Cognates
Derivations
- √LI “many”
Element in
- Q. Casallië “*Dwarf-folk”
- Q. Eldalië “People of the Elves, Elven-folk, People of the Eldar, Elven-folk, [ᴹQ.] Elf-folk”
- Q. Enellië “*Company of Enel”
- ᴺQ. illië “public”
- Q. Imillië “Company of Imin”
- ᴺQ. liëarda “republic”
- ᴺQ. liëmelehtëa “democratic”
- ᴺQ. liendina “popular”
- ᴺQ. lieraxa “a bus, coach, (lit.) people wagon”
- ᴺQ. lietarwa “park, (lit.) people-garden”
- ᴺQ. lietúrie “democracy”
- Q. losselië telerinwa “*the white people of the shores of Elfland” ✧ PE16/096
- Q. Naucalië “People of the Dwarves” ✧ PE17/045
- Q. Nornalië “People of the Dwarves”
- Q. olië “company, people together”
- ᴺQ. ólië “society, (lit.) together-people”
- ᴺQ. ólëo “society, (lit.) together-people”
- Q. Quendelië “Elf-race”
- Q. rohtalië “*those who trespass, (lit.) trespass-people”
- Q. Tatalië “*Company of Tata”
Variations
- lie ✧ PE16/096; PE17/045; VT39/06
-wë
person
quentaro
noun. speaker
speaker, reciter, minstrel
lie#
noun. race
race
hos
folk
hos noun "folk" (LT2:340)
-o
person, somebody
-o (2), also -ó, "a person, somebody", pronominal suffix (PM:340)
Námo
person, somebody
námo (2) noun "a person, somebody" (PM:340 writers may prefer the synonym quén to avoid confusion with # 1)
norië
race, running
norië, also normë, noun "race, running" (PE17:169)
nossë
clan, family, 'house'
nossë noun "clan, family, 'house' " (NŌ), "kindred, family" (PM:320), "kin, people" (LT1:250, LT1:272, LT2:338)
nóre
noun. land
nórë
land
nórë noun "land" (associated with a particular people) (WJ:413), "country, land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live, race, clan" (NŌ, NDOR, BAL), also used = "race, tribe, people" (SA:dôr, PE17:169; however, the normal word for "people" is lië). Early "Qenya" hasnórë "native land, nation, family, country" (in compounds -nor) (LT1:272)
nórë
noun. land, country; †people, race, tribe, land, country, [ᴹQ.] region where certain people live, [ᴱQ.] nation; [Q.] †people, race, tribe, [ᴹQ.] folk, [ᴱQ.] family
Cognates
- S. nos(s) “family, kindred, clan, house; race, tribe, people” ✧ PE17/169
Derivations
- ✶nōrē “kindred, race” ✧ PE17/106; PE17/107; PE17/169; WJ/413
- √NŌ/ONO “beget, give birth to; be born, beget, give birth to; be born; [ᴱ√] become” ✧ PE17/026; PE17/106; PE17/107; PE17/169; WJ/413
- √NDOR “land; hard, firm; [ᴹ√] dwell, stay, rest, abide” ✧ PE17/072; PE17/181
- √DOR “hard, tough, dried up, unyielding”
- ✶ndorē “land” ✧ PE19/076
Element in
- Q. Alalvinórë “Land of Many Elms”
- Q. Aranórë “Kingsland”
- Q. Eldanor “Elvenland”
- Q. Elenna-nórë “The Land of the Star” ✧ UT/305
- Q. Endórë “Middle-earth, (lit.) Middle Land”
- Q. Lestanórë “Doriath, *(lit.) Land of the Girdle” ✧ WJ/369
- Q. Lóminórë “*Echoing Land”
- Q. -ndor “land, country” ✧ PE17/080
- ᴺQ. nórarwa “economy, (lit.) country-possessions”
- ᴺQ. nórëa “national”
- ᴺQ. nórecáno “governer, (lit.) country-leader”
- ᴺQ. noremma “map”
- ᴺQ. nórihalmë “map”
- ᴺQ. nóretur “governer, (lit.) country-ruler”
- ᴺQ. nóriecáno “president”
- Q. Númenórë “Westernesse, (lit.) West-land” ✧ Let/303; Let/361; SA/dôr
- Q. Ondonórë “Gondor, (lit.) Stone Land”
- Q. Sindanórië “Grey Country, Land of Greyness” ✧ PE17/072
- Q. Valinórë “Land of the Valar” ✧ PE17/106; SA/dôr; WJ/413
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √NDOR > nōre [ndōre] > [nōre] ✧ PE17/072 ✶nōrē > nórë [nōrē] > [nōre] ✧ PE17/106 ✶nō-rē > nóre [nōrē] > [nōre] ✧ PE17/107 ✶(o)nō-re > nóre [nōre] ✧ PE17/169 √ndŏr > nŏr [ndor] > [nor] ✧ PE17/181 ✶ndōrē > nóre [ndōrē] > [nōrē] > [nōre] ✧ PE19/076 ✶nōrē > nóre [nōrē] > [nōre] ✧ WJ/413 Variations
- nōrë ✧ Let/303
- nóre ✧ Let/361; PE17/072; PE17/080; PE17/107; PE17/169; PE19/076; WJ/413
- nōre ✧ PE17/072; PE17/106
- nōr ✧ PE17/106
liyúmë
host
liyúmë noun "host" (VT48:32)
liyúmë
noun. host
Variations
- liyúme ✧ VT48/32
nos(së)
noun. kindred, family, kindred, family, [ᴹQ.] clan, ‘house’, [ᴱQ.] folk, kin, people
Changes
onos→ nos ✧ PE17/111Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- ᴺQ. nossetur “patriarch, family head”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √ONO > nos [nos] ✧ PE17/111 Variations
- nos ✧ PE17/111
- onos ✧ PE17/111 (
onos)- nossë ✧ PM/320
nassë
person, an individual
nassë (1) "a person, an individual" (VT49:30). Also translated "true-being" (pl. nasser is attested), the inner "true" being of a person. With a pronominal suffix in the form nassentar "their true-being" (PE17:175, cf. -nta #2), in the source referring to the "true" spiritual nature of the Valar, as hidden within their visible shapes. The word nassentar would seem to be plural, *"their true-beings". Not to be confused with the verb nassë/násë "he/she is"; see ná #1.
vië
manhood, vigour
vië noun "manhood, vigour" (WEG)
-ndor
land
-ndor, final element in compounds: "land" (Letters:308, UT:253)
nór
land
nór noun "land" (stem nor-, PE17:106) this is land as opposed to water and sea (nor in Letters:308). Cf. nórë.
nór
noun. land
A term for “land” as in “(dry) land as opposed to the sea”, mentioned in the Quendi and Eldar essay of 1959-60 (WJ/413) and again in notes from around 1968 (PE17/106-107).
Possible Etymology: In the Quendi and Eldar essay this term was derived from primitive ✶ndōro, but in the aforementioned 1968 notes Tolkien clarified that its stem form was nŏr-. This means it was probably derived from ancient ✱ndŏr-, where the long vowel in the uninflected form was inherited from the Common Eldarin subjective form ✱ndōr, a phenomenon also seen in words like nér (ner-) “man”. I prefer this second derivation, as it makes the independent word more distinct from the suffixal form -ndor or -nóre used in the names of countries.
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶ndōr > nōr [ndōr] > [nōr] ✧ PE17/106 ✶NDŌR/NDŎR- > nôr [ndōr] > [nōr] ✧ PE17/107 ✶ndōro > nór [ndōro] > [ndōr] > [nōr] ✧ WJ/413 Variations
- nōr ✧ PE17/106
- nôr ✧ PE17/107
lië noun "people" (LI, Narqelion, VT39:6), in Eldalië, losselië, Ornelië (q.v.); possessive #liéva in Mindon Eldaliéva (q.v.); maybe also compounded in #rohtalië, #ruhtalië (q.v.)