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Latest revision as of 22:57, 8 November 2012
Indo is a Quenya word for "the mind (in its purposing faculty) or will"[1].
More specifically, Indo has several meanings concerning the mind or the mood: "inner heart, mood", "state (of mind)"[2], "mind, region/range of thought" "inner thought, in fea as exhibited in character"[3], "resolve, will"[4].
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Indo comes from Root ID[5], perhaps the Primitive Quendian form was *idnô
Examples[edit | edit source]
Cognates[edit | edit source]
Other versions[edit | edit source]
In Tolkien's earlier Qenya, indo meant "house"[6]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Notes on Óre" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 41, July 2000, p.17
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Ósanwe-kenta: 'Enquiry into the Communication of Thought'" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 39, July 1998, p. 23
- ↑ Parma Eldalamberon 17 pp.155, 179, 189
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Notes on Óre" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 41, July 2000, p.13
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, The Etymologies p. 361
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One p.343
