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Quenderin

noun. Quendian

Quendian, name of all Elf-tongues

Quenya [PE 18:24 PE 18:72] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

Quenderin

adjective. Quendian

Quendian

Quenya [PE 18:30, 32 PE 18:82, 83] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

Quenderin

quendian, belonging to the elves as a whole

Quenderin adj."Quendian, belonging to the Elves as a whole" (a learned word) (WJ:407). The phrase quenderinwë coar "Elvish bodies" (PE17:175) presupposes a longer form *quenderinwa, here attested in the pl.

quenderin

noun/adjective. Quendian, of the Quendi, belonging to the Elves as a whole

Collective term for all the races of the elves and their languages, including the Avari (WJ/407), a combination of Quendë “Elf” and the suffix -rin. As a term for languages, it was often translated as “Quendian”. An archaic variant quenelya was used as an adjective only (PE19/93).

Conceptual Development: The term ᴹQ. Qenderin also appeared in linguistic notes from the 1930s (PE18/23).

Derivations

  • kwenyā “Elvish” ✧ PE19/093
    • KWENED “spoken, articulate, spoken, articulate; [ᴹ√] Elf” ✧ PE19/093
    • KWEN “speak with rational words” ✧ PE19/093
      • KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392
    • KWEN “speak with rational words” ✧ WJ/360
    • KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
Quendë“Elf, (lit.) One That Speaks”
-rin“-ian, racial-adjective, language”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
kwenedyā > quenelya[kwenedjā] > [kweneljā] > [kwenelja]✧ PE19/093

Variations

  • quenelya ✧ PE19/093 (quenelya)
  • quenderin ✧ PE19/093
Quenya [PE17/174; PE17/175; PE18/008; PE18/071; PE18/072; PE19/093; WJ/407; WJI/Quenderin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Quenderinwa

adjective. Quendian

Quendian

Quenya [PE 18:6] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

quenelya†

adjective. Quendian

Quendian

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