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Obviously ''cuind'' is in plural form, but since there is no obvious ending, it's possible that in this Avarin dialect, plural is formed by [[Wikipedia:Apophony|apophony]], much like in [[Sindarin]]; the plural marker could be the ''i'' which was metathesized internally from an ending-position. | Obviously ''cuind'' is in plural form, but since there is no obvious ending, it's possible that in this Avarin dialect, plural is formed by [[Wikipedia:Apophony|apophony]], much like in [[Sindarin]]; the plural marker could be the ''i'' which was metathesized internally from an ending-position. | ||
In that case, the evolution of the word could have been such like ''kwend'''ī''''' > *''kue'''i'''nd'' > *''ku'''i'''nd''. | |||
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cuind was a tribe of the Avari.
Etymology
It is an Avarin word meaning "the People". It derives from Primitive Quendian kwendī.[1]
Obviously cuind is in plural form, but since there is no obvious ending, it's possible that in this Avarin dialect, plural is formed by apophony, much like in Sindarin; the plural marker could be the i which was metathesized internally from an ending-position.
In that case, the evolution of the word could have been such like kwendī > *kueind > *kuind.
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
