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The [[Quenya]] name for "small insect, fly" is ''pī''.<ref>{{VT|47a}}, p. 35</ref> | |||
In [[Noldorin|Gnomish]], one of [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s early conceptions of an [[Elvish|Elven]] language, the word for "fly" is ''sitha''.<ref group="note">While the English word ''fly'' also is a verb, the word ''sitha'' likely refers to the insect, as it also appears in ''sithagong'', "dragonfly".</ref><ref>{{PE|11}}, p. 68</ref> | In [[Noldorin|Gnomish]], one of [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s early conceptions of an [[Elvish|Elven]] language, the word for "fly" is ''sitha''.<ref group="note">While the English word ''fly'' also is a verb, the word ''sitha'' likely refers to the insect, as it also appears in ''sithagong'', "dragonfly".</ref><ref>{{PE|11}}, p. 68</ref> | ||
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Flies were a tiresome aerial insects: those in Mordor were marked with the sign of the Red Eye.[source?]
Names
The Quenya name for "small insect, fly" is pī.[1]
In Gnomish, one of Tolkien's early conceptions of an Elven language, the word for "fly" is sitha.[note 1][2]
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Notes
- ↑ While the English word fly also is a verb, the word sitha likely refers to the insect, as it also appears in sithagong, "dragonfly".
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part One" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 47, February 2005, p. 35
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 68
