Pendi
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| − | '''Pendi''' is the [[Telerin]] name for (the entire race of) the [[Elves]]. It has no singular and was "a learned word of the historians"<ref name=QE>{{ | + | '''Pendi''' is the [[Telerin]] name for (the entire race of) the [[Elves]]. It has no singular and was "a learned word of the historians"<ref name=QE>{{WJ|Quendi}}</ref> |
The word was later dropped since it was confused to mean "lacking, poor" (root [[PEN]])<ref name="QE"/> | The word was later dropped since it was confused to mean "lacking, poor" (root [[PEN]])<ref name="QE"/> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
| − | The word comes from [[Primitive Elvish]] ''[[kwende|kwendî]]'' (singular ''kwende'')<ref name="QE"/>, [[ | + | The word comes from [[Primitive Elvish]] ''[[kwende|kwendî]]'' (singular ''kwende'')<ref name="QE"/>, [[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[KWE]]NE. See also ''[[pen]]''. |
| + | ==Cognates== | ||
| + | *[[Quenya]] ''[[Quendi]]'' | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *''[[Calapendi]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Moripendi]]'' | ||
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| − | [[ | + | [[Category:Telerin nouns]] |
Latest revision as of 11:17, 29 December 2011
Pendi is the Telerin name for (the entire race of) the Elves. It has no singular and was "a learned word of the historians"[1]
The word was later dropped since it was confused to mean "lacking, poor" (root PEN)[1]
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[edit] Etymology
The word comes from Primitive Elvish kwendî (singular kwende)[1], Root KWENE. See also pen.
[edit] Cognates
[edit] See also