indo

From Tolkien Gateway

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

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Other versions[edit | edit source]

In Tolkien's earlier Qenya, indo meant "house"[6]

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