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wine

noun. baby, child not yet fully grown

winë (stem *wini-, given the primitive form ¤wini) noun "baby, child not yet fully grown", "little-one", also used in children's play for "little finger" or "little toe" (VT46:10, 26, VT48:6, 16). Synonyms win(i), winimo. In Exilic Quenya, this word would appear as *vinë; compare the related word winya > vinya "young, new".

winë

noun. baby, little-one, child not yet full grown

A word glossed “baby” (VT47/10), “child not yet full grown” (VT47/26), or “little-one, baby” (VT48/6) in notes associated with Elvish Hands, Fingers and Numerals from the late 1960s, sometimes appearing beside longer variants winimo or win(i)ke (VT47/10; VT48/6). It was derived from the root √WIN (VT47/26).

Neo-Quenya: Tolkien said that “Pengoloð gives these in archaic Quenya form before the change of w, in most situations to v” (VT48/6), but I would keep this word as wine since that would be easier for an infant to pronounce. I would use it only as an affectionate or play name, using longer †winimo (modern vinimo) as the proper term for “baby”.

Derivations

  • wini “child not yet full grown” ✧ VT47/26
    • WIN “young, young, [ᴹ√] new, fresh” ✧ VT47/26

Element in

  • Q. winima “childish” ✧ VT47/26
  • Q. vinimo “baby, little-one”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
wĭnĭ > wine[gwini] > [gwine] > [ɣwine] > [wine]✧ VT47/26

Variations

  • wine ✧ VT47/10; VT47/26; VT48/06 (wine)
Quenya [VT47/10; VT47/26; VT48/06] Group: Eldamo. Published by

winicë

baby

winicë (also wincë), noun "baby", also used in children's play for "little finger" or "little toe" (VT48:6). Synonyms winë, winimo. In Exilic Quenya, this word would appear as *vinicë*, vincë; compare the related word winya > vinya "young, new". Since the diminutive ending -icë descends from -iki(VT48:16), winicë may have the stem-form winici**-.

vinë

vinë

*vinë (vini-), see winë

hinyë

noun. baby

A word for a “baby” in rough notes on Elvish finger names (VT47/27), probably some kind of diminutive formation from √KHIN “child”. It had a variant hintil that is clearly specific to fingers only: = √KHIN + √TIL “✱baby finger, (lit.) child tip”.

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, it is probably better to use one of the baby words from the more finished versions of these notes, such as vinimo.

Derivations

Variations

  • hintil ✧ VT47/27
  • hinye ✧ VT47/27

winimo

baby

winimo noun "baby", "little-one", used in children's play for "little finger" or "little toe" (VT47:10, VT48:6, 16). Synonyms winë, win(i). In Exilic Quenya, this word would appear as *vinimo; compare the related word winya > vinya "young, new".

miru

noun. wine

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