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'''kwende''' pl. '''kwendî''' <ref>{{HM|WJ}}, [[Quendi and Eldar]] p.360</ref> | '''''kwende''''' pl. '''''kwendî''''' is the [[Primitive Quendian]] word for the [[Elves]].<ref>{{HM|WJ}}, [[Quendi and Eldar]] p. 360</ref> The word was perhaps primarily used in the plural. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
Formed from the [[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[KWE]]NE (see ''[[kwene]]'') with ''[[ostime]]'' of ''n > nd''. | Formed from the [[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[KWE]]NE (see ''[[kwene]]'') with ''[[ostime]]'' of ''n > nd''. | ||
Since KWENE is probably expanded from KWE, the most primitive stem having to do with articulate speech, the term ''kwendî'' identifies the Elves as "speakers"<ref> | Since KWENE is probably expanded from KWE, the most primitive stem having to do with articulate speech, the term ''kwendî'' identifies the Elves as "speakers".<ref>{{S|3}}: "''Themselves they named the Quendi, signifying those that speak with voices, for as yet they had met no other living things that spoke or sang.''"</ref> | ||
==Derivatives== | ==Derivatives== | ||
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==Other versions== | ==Other versions== | ||
In the ''[[Etymologies]]'' [[Quenya]] ''[[quendë]]'' "Elf" is derived from a stem KWEN(ED) simply defined as "Elf", and the primitive form is given as ''kwenedê'' | In the ''[[The Etymologies|Etymologies]]'' [[Quenya]] ''[[quendë]]'' "Elf" is derived from a stem KWEN(ED) simply defined as "Elf", and the primitive form is given as ''kwenedê''. | ||
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[[category:Primitive Elvish words]] | [[category:Primitive Elvish words]] | ||
Revision as of 19:55, 19 December 2010
kwende pl. kwendî is the Primitive Quendian word for the Elves.[1] The word was perhaps primarily used in the plural.
Etymology
Formed from the Root KWENE (see kwene) with ostime of n > nd.
Since KWENE is probably expanded from KWE, the most primitive stem having to do with articulate speech, the term kwendî identifies the Elves as "speakers".[2]
Derivatives
Note that the final short -e was not lost in the later languages, as it usually happens with other words.
Other versions
In the Etymologies Quenya quendë "Elf" is derived from a stem KWEN(ED) simply defined as "Elf", and the primitive form is given as kwenedê.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, Quendi and Eldar p. 360
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor": "Themselves they named the Quendi, signifying those that speak with voices, for as yet they had met no other living things that spoke or sang."
