Quenya 

quenya

speech

quenya noun (original adj.) "speech" (PM:399); the language-name Quenya is said to mean properly "language, speech" (WJ:393); cf. the phrase coirëa quenya "living speech" (PM:399).However, Quenya (archaic Quendya, still so in Vanyarin) is also interpreted "Elvish" (Letters:176), sc. the adjective corresponding to Quendi (WJ:374), but it was no longer used as a general adjective. Quenya lambë"Quenya tongue" (WJ:407). The command queta Quenya! "speak Quenya!" was used in the sense of "speak precisely and intelligibly, put into actual words" (instead of using hand signs or looks); the word Quenya is here used adverbially (PE17:138). The variant queta quenyā (PE17:137) appears to use the distinct accusative (formed by lengthening a final vowel) known from "Book Quenya".

quenya

noun. †elf-language

†elf-language

Quenya [PE 18:74] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

quenya

noun. Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech, Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech; [ᴹQ.] belonging to the Qendi, Quendian

Cognates

  • Van. Quendya “Quendian language” ✧ WJ/361; WJ/373; WJI/Quenya

Derivations

  • kwenyā “Elvish” ✧ PE17/137; PE17/138; WJ/360; WJ/393
    • 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
  • KWEN “speak with rational words” ✧ PE19/093; SA/quen
    • KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
kwenyā > quenyā[kwenjā] > [kwenja]✧ PE17/137
kwend(i)ja > Quendya[kwendja] > [kwenja]✧ PE17/138
KWEN > quenya[kwenja]✧ PE19/093
quen- > Quenya[kwenja]✧ SA/quen
kwendjā > Quendya > Quenya[kwendja] > [kwenja]✧ WJ/360
kwendjā > Quenya[kwendja] > [kwenja]✧ WJ/393

Variations

  • quenyā ✧ PE17/137
  • Quendya ✧ PE17/138
  • kwenya ✧ PE19/093
  • quenya ✧ PE19/093; PM/399
Quenya [LBI/Quenya; Let/176; LotR/1127; LotRI/Quenya; LT2I/Quenya; MRI/Quenya; PE17/137; PE17/138; PE18/072; PE19/093; PM/030; PM/399; PMI/Quenya; SA/quen; SDI1/Quenya; SDI2/Quenya; SI/Eldarin; SI/High-elven; SI/Quenya; SMI/Quenya; TII/Quenya; UTI/Quenya; WJ/361; WJ/373; WJ/374; WJ/393; WJ/407; WJI/Quenya; WRI/Quenya] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Quendya

quendya

Quendya original form of the word Quenya, preserved in the Vanyarin dialect (Quenya is the Noldorin form) (WJ:361, 371)

quendya

noun. Elvish

quet-

say, speak

quet- vb. "say, speak" (SA:quen-/quet-, LT2:348), sg. aorist quetë in VT41:11 and VT49:19 (spelt "qete" in the latter source), not to be confused with the infinitival aorist stem in the example polin quetë "I can speak" (VT41:6); pl. aorist quetir in VT49:10-11, present tense quéta in VT41:13, pa.t. quentë in PM:401, 404, apparent gerund quetië in VT49:28 (by Tolkien translated as "words", but more literally evidently *"speaking"). Imperative in the command queta Quenya! "speak Quenya!" (PE17:138), see Quenya regarding the meaning of this phrase. The same verb is translated "tell" in the sentence órenya quetë nin "my heart tells me" (VT41:15). Cf. also #maquet-

-ya

elvish

-ya (5) adjectival ending, as in the word Quenya "Elvish" itself; when added to a verbal stem it may derive a kind of short active participle, as in melumatya "honey-eating" (mat- "eat"), saucarya "evil-doing" (car- "do"). (PE17:68)

indyo

grandchild, descendant

indyo noun "grandchild, descendant" (ÑGYŌ/ÑGYON - read *inyo in Noldorin Quenya, which dialect changed ndy to ny? Cf. Quenya for Quendya.) In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, indyo was also the name of tengwa #17 with overposed dots to indicate following y (VT46:4), the whole symbol having the value ndy.

pahta

speech

pahta (2) noun "speech", i.e. language (PE17:126); accompanied by the intransitive verb pakta- "speak, talk", which would be *pahta- in Quenya, of which the transitive equivalent is quet-, q.v. The intransitive verb "speak" is also given as carpa-, q.v.

pahta

noun. speech

Cognates

  • S. paeth “speech” ✧ PE17/126

Derivations

  • PAKAT “*talk, speech” ✧ PE17/126

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
PAKAT > pahta[paktā] > [paxtā] > [paxta]✧ PE17/126

Variations

  • pahta ✧ PE17/126

Sindarin 

edhellen

adjective. elvish, of the Elves

Sindarin [LotR/II:IV, RS/463] edhel+-ren. Group: SINDICT. Published by

edhellen

adjective. Elvish

_ adj. _Elvish. annon edhellen edro hi ammen! 'Elvish gate open now for us'. >> edhel

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:45] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

edhellen

adjective. elvish

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
Edhel“Elf”
-ren“adjective suffix”
Sindarin [LotR/0307; PE17/045] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ped-

say

_ v. _say. Q. quĕt-. >> pedo

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:40] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

glam

noun. barbarous speech, shouting, confused noise

Sindarin [Ety/358, Ety/377, WJ/390, WJ/416] Group: SINDICT. Published by

glam

noun. din, uproar, the confused yelling and bellowing of beasts

Sindarin [Ety/358, Ety/377, WJ/390, WJ/416] Group: SINDICT. Published by

glam

noun. any body of Orcs

Sindarin [Ety/358, Ety/377, WJ/390, WJ/416] Group: SINDICT. Published by

glamb

noun. barbarous speech, shouting, confused noise

Sindarin [Ety/358, Ety/377, WJ/390, WJ/416] Group: SINDICT. Published by

glamb

noun. din, uproar, the confused yelling and bellowing of beasts

Sindarin [Ety/358, Ety/377, WJ/390, WJ/416] Group: SINDICT. Published by

glamb

noun. any body of Orcs

Sindarin [Ety/358, Ety/377, WJ/390, WJ/416] Group: SINDICT. Published by

glamm

noun. barbarous speech, shouting, confused noise

Sindarin [Ety/358, Ety/377, WJ/390, WJ/416] Group: SINDICT. Published by

glamm

noun. din, uproar, the confused yelling and bellowing of beasts

Sindarin [Ety/358, Ety/377, WJ/390, WJ/416] Group: SINDICT. Published by

glamm

noun. any body of Orcs

Sindarin [Ety/358, Ety/377, WJ/390, WJ/416] Group: SINDICT. Published by

paeth

noun. speech

probably related to Q. pahta 'speech'. >> Golodhbaeth

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:126] Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

paeth

noun. speech

Cognates

  • Q. pahta “speech” ✧ PE17/126

Derivations

  • PAKAT “*talk, speech” ✧ PE17/126

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
PAKAT > paeth[paktā] > [pakta] > [paktʰa] > [paxθa] > [paiθa] > [paiθ] > [paeθ]✧ PE17/126
Sindarin [PE17/126] Group: Eldamo. Published by

edhellen

elvish

edhellen (of language apparently = ”Sindarin”), pl. edhellin

edhellen

elvish

(of language apparently = ”Sindarin”), pl. edhellin****

ped

say

ped- (i **bêd**, i phedir) (speak), pa.t. pent (attested in mutated form -phent); the imperative pedo is also attested.

ped

say

(i bêd, i phedir) (speak), pa.t. pent (attested in mutated form -phent); the imperative pedo is also attested.

Telerin 

goldolambë

noun. Quenya

Elements

WordGloss
Goldo“Noldo”
lambë“language”

Variations

  • Goldolambe ✧ WJ/375
Telerin [WJ/375; WJI/Goldo] Group: Eldamo. Published by

goldórin

noun. Quenya

Elements

WordGloss
Goldo“Noldo”
-rin“-ian, racial-adjective, language”

Variations

  • Goldōrin ✧ WJ/375
  • Goldorin ✧ WJI/Goldo
Telerin [WJ/375; WJI/Goldo] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pendia

noun. Quenya

Cognates

  • Van. Quendya “Quendian language” ✧ WJ/375

Primitive elvish

kwenyā

adjective. Elvish

Changes

  • Kwendyakwenyā ✧ PE17/137

Derivations

  • 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

Derivatives

  • Q. Quenderin “Quendian, of the Quendi, belonging to the Elves as a whole” ✧ PE19/093
  • Q. Quenya “Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech, Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech; [ᴹQ.] belonging to the Qendi, Quendian” ✧ PE17/137; PE17/138; WJ/360; WJ/393
  • Van. Quendya “Quendian language” ✧ WJ/360

Variations

  • kwe-nyā ✧ PE17/137
  • Kwendya ✧ PE17/137 (Kwendya)
  • kwend(i)ja ✧ PE17/138
  • kwendya ✧ PE19/093 (kwendya)
  • kwenedyā ✧ PE19/093
  • kwendjā ✧ WJ/360; WJ/393
Primitive elvish [PE17/137; PE17/138; PE19/093; WJ/360; WJ/393] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

glamb

noun. barbarous speech, shouting, confused noise

Noldorin [Ety/358, Ety/377, WJ/390, WJ/416] Group: SINDICT. Published by

glamb

noun. din, uproar, the confused yelling and bellowing of beasts

Noldorin [Ety/358, Ety/377, WJ/390, WJ/416] Group: SINDICT. Published by

glamb

noun. any body of Orcs

Noldorin [Ety/358, Ety/377, WJ/390, WJ/416] Group: SINDICT. Published by

glamm

noun. barbarous speech, shouting, confused noise

Noldorin [Ety/358, Ety/377, WJ/390, WJ/416] Group: SINDICT. Published by

glamm

noun. din, uproar, the confused yelling and bellowing of beasts

Noldorin [Ety/358, Ety/377, WJ/390, WJ/416] Group: SINDICT. Published by

glamm

noun. any body of Orcs

Noldorin [Ety/358, Ety/377, WJ/390, WJ/416] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Primitive adûnaic

bith

root. say

A root glossed “say” (SD/416), from which bêth “expression, saying, word” is most likely derived. It may be related to the Primitive Elvish root √KWET; see the entry on bêth for further discussion.

Derivations

  • KWET “say, speak, utter words”
    • KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392

Derivatives

  • Ad. bêth “expression, saying, word”
  • Ad. bith- “to say”
Primitive adûnaic [SD/416] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

qenya

noun. Elvish (Tongue), Elfspeech, Elf-latin; belonging to the Qendi, Quendian

Derivations

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶kwendya > Quenya[kwendja] > [kwenja]✧ PE19/046
ᴹ✶kwendya > quenja[kwendja] > [kwenja]✧ PE19/046

Variations

  • Qendya ✧ LR/185; LRI/Qenya; PE18/025 (Qendya)
  • Quenya ✧ LR/193; LRI/Qenya; PE19/046; RSI/Qenya
  • quenja ✧ PE19/046 (Lin. quenja)
  • qendya ✧ PE22/066 (qendya)
Qenya [LR/172; LR/185; LR/193; LRI/Qenya; PE18/023; PE18/025; PE19/046; PE22/014; PE22/066; RSI/Qenya; TII/Quenya] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qendya

noun. Elvish

Middle Primitive Elvish

kwet

root. say

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶kwentā “tale” ✧ Ety/KWET
    • ᴹQ. qenta “tale, story, account, history” ✧ Ety/KWET
    • N. pent “tale, story” ✧ Ety/KWET
  • ᴹ✶kwentrō “narrator, reciter, minstrel” ✧ Ety/KWET; PE18/050; PE19/040
    • Ilk. cwindor “narrator” ✧ Ety/KWET
    • ᴹQ. qenso “minstrel” ✧ PE19/040
    • ᴹQ. qentaro “narrator, reciter, minstrel” ✧ Ety/KWET; PE18/050; PE19/040
    • N. pethron “narrator, reciter, minstrel” ✧ Ety/KWET
    • On. pentro “reciter, minstrel” ✧ PE18/050
    • N. pethron “narrator, reciter, minstrel” ✧ PE18/050
    • ᴹT. pentro “reciter, minstrel” ✧ PE18/050
  • ᴹ✶kwetta “word” ✧ Ety/KWET
    • N. peth “word” ✧ Ety/KWET
  • ᴹQ. qetil “tongue, language, talk” ✧ Ety/KWET
  • ᴹQ. qet- “to say”
  • N. pennas “history” ✧ Ety/KWET

Element in

  • ᴹQ. lúmeqenta “history, chronological account” ✧ Ety/LU
  • ᴹQ. avaqet- “to refuse, forbid” ✧ Ety/KWET

Variations

  • PET ✧ Ety/KWET
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KWET; Ety/LU; PE18/050; PE19/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

qenya

noun. Elvish

Cognates

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
Qen“Elf”
Early Quenya [GL/28; LT1I/Qenya; LT2I/Qenya; SMI/Qenya] Group: Eldamo. Published by