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'''Cuind''' were one of the only six tribes of the [[Avari]] mentioned.
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
It is an [[Avarin]] word meaning "the People". It derives from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''[[kwende|kwendī]]''.<ref name=Author>{{WJ|Author}}, Note 9, p. 410</ref>
It is an [[Avarin]] word meaning "the People". It derives from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''[[kwende|kwendī]]''.<ref name=Author>{{WJ|Author}}, Note 9, p. 410</ref>
 
==See also==
Obviously ''cuind'' is in plural form, but since there is no obvious ending, it's possible that in this Avarin dialect, plural is formed by [[Wikipedia:Apophony|apophony]], much like in [[Sindarin]]; the plural marker could be the ''i'' which was metathesized internally from an ending-position.
* [[Kindi]]
 
* [[Kinn-lai]]
In that case, the evolution of the word could have been such like ''kwend'''ī''''' > *''kue'''i'''nd'' > *''ku'''i'''nd''.
* [[Hwenti]]
* [[Windan]]
* [[Penni]]
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Cuind
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Cuind were one of the only six tribes of the Avari mentioned.

Etymology

It is an Avarin word meaning "the People". It derives from Primitive Quendian kwendī.[1]

See also

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: Author's Notes to Quendi and Eldar", Note 9, p. 410