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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== | ==Cognates== | ||
*[[Quenya]] ''[[Quendi]]'' | *[[Quenya]] ''[[Quendi]]'' | ||
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*''[[Moripendi]]'' | *''[[Moripendi]]'' | ||
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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]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word comes from Primitive Elvish kwendî (singular kwende)[1], Root KWENE. See also pen.
Cognates[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar"
