Quenya 

now

adv. "now" (Nam, RGEO:67, LR:47, SD:310, VT43:34, VT49:18, PE17:94), sin (SI, LR:47) or sín _(SD:247, 310) _before vowels. Compare the distribution of a/an in English, though in his Quenya version of Hail Mary, Tolkien used also before a vowel (sí ar "now and", VT43:28). Si, a short (or incompletely annotated) form of (VT43:26, 34). In Fíriel's Song, is translated "here".

adverb. now

Quenya [PE 22:126; PE 22:147] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

adverb. now

Cognates

  • S. “now” ✧ PE17/027; PE17/045; PE17/127; PE22/147
  • S. “here, in this place (of speaker)” ✧ PE22/147

Derivations

  • “this (by me), now or here” ✧ PE17/067; VT49/18
    • SI “this, this, [ᴹ√] here, now” ✧ PE17/067

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
> [sī]✧ PE17/067
si- > [sī]✧ VT49/18

Variations

  • ✧ LotR/0377
  • ✧ PE17/070; PE17/094; RGEO/59
  • sír ✧ PE22/147
  • Sī̀ ✧ RGEO/58
  • sī́ ✧ RGEO/58
  • ✧ RGEO/58; RGEO/59; RGEO/59
  • si ✧ VT43/34
Quenya [LotR/0377; Minor-Doc/2013-05-13; PE17/027; PE17/045; PE17/067; PE17/069; PE17/070; PE17/094; PE17/127; PE22/147; PE22/161; RGEO/58; RGEO/59; RGEO/60; VT21/06; VT43/34; VT49/18] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sír

adverb. now

sís

here

sís adv. "here" (VT49:18, 23), also sissë

sís

adverb. here

Element in

  • Q. mennen sís “I arrive[d] here” ✧ VT49/23 (tennen sís)
  • Q. sir(a) “hither” ✧ VT49/33

Variations

  • sissë ✧ VT49/18
  • si ✧ VT49/33
Quenya [VT49/18; VT49/23; VT49/33] Group: Eldamo. Published by

si

here

si adv. "here" (VT49:33; this may be a root or "element" rather than a Quenya word; see sissë, sinomë)

si

adverb. here

here

adv. "here" (VT49:34)

adverb. here

Derivations

  • khĭn- “*here, now” ✧ VT49/34

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
khĭn- > [kʰī] > [xī] > [hī]✧ VT49/34

sin

now

sin (2) adv., a form of "now" (q.v.) often occurring before vowels; also sín (SI). However, itself (q.v.) may also appear before a vowel.

sissë

here

sissë adv. "here" (VT49:18), also sís

sissë

adverb. here