Quenya 

Quendi

zF2% noun. elves

Quendi "Elves" as a race (analogical sg. quendë, not much used) (WJ:361;SA:quen-/quet-, WJ:372, KWEN(ED), spelt "qende, Qendi" in Etym). Gen. pl. Quendion (PM:395)

Quendi

elvish woman

quendi noun "Elvish woman", pl. quendir given (MR:229; changed by Tolkien from quendë pl. quender); the sg. quendi must not be confused with the pl. Quendi, see above. Compare masc. quendu.

Quendi

noun. Those that Speak

Those that Speak [= Elves]

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

quendi

noun. female Elf

Quende#

noun. Elf

Elf

Quenya [PE 18:71] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

quendu

elvish man

quendu noun *"Elvish man", pl. quendur given (MR:229; changed by Tolkien from quendo pl. quendor). Compare fem. quendi.

quendë

elf

quendë noun "Elf", the little-used analogical sg. of Quendi, q.v. (KWEN(ED), WJ:361)

quendë

noun. Elf, (lit.) One That Speaks

Cognates

  • T. Pendë “Elf (as a race)” ✧ WJ/375; WJI/Pendi; WJ/361

Derivations

  • kwende “speaker, elf” ✧ PE17/137; PE17/141; PE17/152
    • KWENED “spoken, articulate, spoken, articulate; [ᴹ√] Elf” ✧ PE17/137
    • KWEN “speak with rational words” ✧ PE19/093
      • KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392
    • KWEN “speak with rational words” ✧ PE17/140; WJ/360
    • KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392
  • 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” ✧ SA/quen; WJ/361; WJ/391
    • KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
quet-“to say, speak, tell, to say, speak, tell, [ᴱQ.] talk”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
kwendī > Quendi[kwendī] > [kwendi]✧ PE17/137
kwenedē > qende[kwenedē] > [kwendē] > [kwende]✧ PE17/141
kwened- > Quendi[kwenedē] > [kwendē] > [kwende]✧ PE17/152
kwened > quend-[kwenede] > [kwende]✧ PE19/093
quen- > Quendi[kwende]✧ SA/quen
KWEN > quende[kwende]✧ WJ/361
KWEN > Quendi[kwende]✧ WJ/391

Variations

  • quende ✧ NM/095; WJ/361
  • Quende ✧ PE17/137; WJ/372; WJI/Quendi
  • qende ✧ PE17/141
Quenya [Let/176; LotR/1137; LotRI/Quendi; LT2I/Quendi; MR/229; MR/471; MRI/Quendi; NM/095; PE17/137; PE17/141; PE17/152; PE18/071; PE19/093; PM/029; PM/395; PMI/Quendi; S/049; SA/quen; SI/Quendi; SMI/Quendi; UTI/Quendi; WJ/361; WJ/372; WJ/375; WJ/391; WJI/Pendi; WJI/Quendi] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Quendingoldo

elves

Quendingoldo masc. name, apparently compound of Quendi "Elves" and -ngoldo "Noldo", Sindarin Pengolodh, a loremaster of Gondolin. (PM:401, 404-405, VT48:5) Shorter form Quengoldo (PM:404, VT48:14)

-i

-i

-i nominative plural ending regularly used on nouns ending in a consonant and in -ë; in the latter case, is displaced (e.g. Quendë pl. Quendi).