aipen

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aipen in Telerin means "if anybody, whoever" [1].

Etymology[edit | edit source]

This word is one of the few old compounds[2]

It includes the element pen "person". The prefix ai- would seem to mean something like "any-", hence literally *"any person"

Cognates[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels p.375
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels p.362
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