Quenya 

sina

this

sina demonstrative "this" (following its noun in our sole example: vanda sina "this oath"). (CO, VT49:18; in the latter source, sina _is called an adjective). _This word would, like Sindarin hen, be derived from primitive ¤sĭnā (VT49:34). Cf. sin #1.

sina

adjective. this

Derivations

  • sĭnā “this” ✧ VT49/18

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
sĭnā > sina[sinā] > [sina]✧ VT49/18
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sin

thus

sin (1) a word either meaning "thus" (adverb) or "this" (as an independent word in the sentence, not modifying another word like sina does). Attested in the sentence sin quentë Quendingoldo Elendilenna, either *"this Pengolodh said to Elendil" or "thus spoke Pengolodh to Elendil" (PM:401). Patrick Wynne argues that sin is an adverb "thus" derived from the stem si- "this (by me)" (VT49:18)

si

this

Derivations

  • SI “this, this, [ᴹ√] here, now”

Element in

Variations

  • si ✧ PE22/168

sië

thus

sië adv. "thus" (VT43:24, VT49:18)

sië

adverb. thus

Derivations

  • SI “this, this, [ᴹ√] here, now”

Element in

  • Q. násië “*amen, (lit.) may it be so”
  • Q. úsië “on the contrary” ✧ VT49/18

Variations

  • sie ✧ VT43/24; VT49/18
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ista-

verb. to know

Derivations

  • IS “know” ✧ PE17/155; VT41/06; VT48/25

Element in

  • Q. iluisa “omniscient” ✧ VT39/20
  • ᴺQ. istalë “information”
  • ᴺQ. istanómë “school, academy”
  • Q. istan quetë “I can speak, I know how to speak” ✧ PE17/155; PE17/155
  • Q. Istar “Wizard, (lit.) One Who Knows”
  • Q. istima “wise (in sense knowing very much), knowledgeable, very well informed, learned”
  • Q. laista “ignorance, (lit.) not-knowing”
  • Q. lá istan “I suppose so, I don’t know” ✧ PE22/158
  • Q. sinwa “known, certain, ascertained” ✧ PE17/068
  • Q. sívë “knowing, knowledge”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ISI > istan[istan]✧ PE17/155
isi > istan[istan]✧ VT41/06
IS > is-ta[ista-]✧ VT48/25

Variations

  • ista ✧ PE17/052; PE22/164; VT49/16
  • istā ✧ PE22/148 (istā)
  • is-ta ✧ VT48/25
Quenya [PE17/052; PE17/068; PE17/077; PE17/155; PE22/148; PE22/156; PE22/157; PE22/158; PE22/159; PE22/164; VT39/20; VT41/06; VT48/25; VT49/16] Group: Eldamo. Published by