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'''Kinn-lai''' were one of the only six tribes of the [[Avari]] mentioned. | '''Kinn-lai''' were one of the only six tribes of the [[Avari]] mentioned. |
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Kinn-lai 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
Portrayal in adaptations
1982-97: Middle-earth Role Playing:
- Kinn-lai, an articulation of "Quendi" (the most ancient name of the Elves), is also the name of a tribe of Avari Elves of the jungles of the Mûmakan in the Utter South of Middle-earth.[2]
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Mark R. Feil (1997), Hands of the Healer (#2026), p. 18