Q. Quendë n. “Elf, (lit.) One That Speaks” (Category: Elf, Fairy)

Q. Quendë, n. “Elf, (lit.) One That Speaks” (Category: Elf, Fairy)

References ✧ Let/176; LotR/1137; LotRI/Quendi; LT2I/Quendi; MR/229, 471; MRI/Quendi; NM/95; PE17/137, 141, 152; PE18/71; PE19/93; PM/29, 395; PMI/Quendi; S/49; SA/quen; SI/Quendi; SMI/Quendi; UTI/Quendi; WJ/361, 372, 375, 391; WJI/Pendi, Quendi

Variations

• quende ✧ NM/95; PE17/137; WJ/361; WJ/372; WJI/Quendi
• qende ✧ PE17/141

Related

• Elda “Elf, (lit.) one of the Star-folk”
• **✶kwendya incorrectly assumed to be derived from Quendi “Elves” ✧ PE19/93
• †quenelya older adjective form of quend- ✧ PE19/93
• quenderin later adjective form of quend- ✧ PE19/93

Changes

• quendor >> quendur ✧ MR/229
• quender >> quendir ✧ MR/229
• quendur >> neri ✧ MR/229
• quendir >> nissi ✧ MR/229
• quendo >> quendu ✧ MR/229
• quende >> quendi ✧ MR/229
• quendu >> nér ✧ MR/229
• quendi >> nís ✧ MR/229

Inflections

quende	fem		✧ MR/229
quende/quendi	fem	“Elvish woman”	✧ MR/471
quendi	fem		✧ MR/229
quender/quendir	fem plural		✧ MR/471
Quendion	genitive plural	“of the Elves”	✧ PM/395
quendo	masc		✧ MR/229
quendo/quendu	masc	“Elvish man”	✧ MR/471
quendu	masc		✧ MR/229
quendor/quendur	masc plural		✧ MR/471
Quendi	plural	“Elves”	✧ Let/176; LotRI/Quendi; PE18/71; PE19/93; PMI/Quendi; UTI/Quendi; WJ/372; WJI/Quendi
Quendi	plural	“speakers”	✧ LotR/1137; WJ/391
Quendi	plural		✧ LT2I/Quendi; MRI/Quendi; PE17/137; PE17/152; PM/29; SA/quen; SMI/Quendi; WJ/361; WJ/375; WJI/Pendi
Quendi	plural	“Those that speak with voices”	✧ S/49; SI/Quendi
quender	plural fem		✧ MR/229
quendir	plural fem		✧ MR/229
quendor	plural masc		✧ MR/229
quendur	plural masc		✧ MR/229
quend-	stem		✧ PE19/93

Elements

quet-

“to say, speak, tell”

Element In

• Q. Calaquendi “Elves of the Light, (lit.) Light Elves” ✧ SA/quen; WJ/361 (Kalaquendi)
• Q. Ilquendatar “Father of All Quendi”
• Q. Laiquendi “Green-elves” ✧ SA/quen
• Q. Moriquendi “Elves of the Darkness, (lit.) Dark Elves” ✧ SA/quen; WJ/361
• Q. Quendelië “Elf-race”
• Q. Quenderin “Quendian, of the Quendi, belonging to the Elves as a whole”
• Q. Quendil “Elf-friend”
• Q. Quendingoldo “*Loremaster of the Elves”
• Q. manen lambë Quendion ahyanë “How did the language of the Elves change?” ✧ PM/395

Cognates

• T. †#Pendë “Elf (as a race)” ✧ WJ/362 (Pendi); WJ/375 (Pendi); WJI/Pendi (Pendi)

Derivations

• < √KWEN “speak with rational words” ✧ SA/quen (quen-); WJ/361; WJ/391
  • < √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392
• < ✶kwende “speaker, elf” ✧ PE17/137 (kwendī); PE17/141 (kwenedē); PE17/152 (kwened-)
  • < √KWEN “speak with rational words” ✧ PE17/140; WJ/360 (KWENE)
    • < KWENE, made by primitive fortification of median n > nd ✧ WJ/360
    • < √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392
  • < √KWENED “spoken, articulate” ✧ PE17/137 (KWEND)
    • < √KWEN “speak with rational words” ✧ PE19/93
      • < KWEN, derived stem ✧ PE19/93
      • < √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392
• < √KWENED “spoken, articulate” ✧ PE19/93
  • < √KWEN “speak with rational words” ✧ PE19/93
    • < KWEN, derived stem ✧ PE19/93
    • < √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392

Phonetic Developments

✶kwendī > Quendi	[kwendī] > [kwendi]	✧ PE17/137
✶kwenedē > qende	[kwenedē] > [kwendē] > [kwende]	✧ PE17/141
✶kwened- > Quendi	[kwenedē] > [kwendē] > [kwende]	✧ PE17/152
√kwened > quend-	[kwenede] > [kwende]	✧ PE19/93
√quen- > Quendi	[kwende]	✧ SA/quen
√KWEN > quende	[kwende]	✧ WJ/361
√KWEN > Quendi	[kwende]	✧ WJ/391

ᴹQ. Qende n. “Elf” (Category: Elf, Fairy)

References ✧ Ety/KWEN(ED); LR/119, 168, 212; LRI/Qendi; MRI/Quendi; PE18/23; PE21/69; SM/85-86; SMI/Quendi; TII/Qendi

Glosses

• “Elf” ✧ Ety/KWEN(ED)

Variations

• qende ✧ Ety/KWEN(ED); PE21/69

Changes

• Quendi >> Lindar ✧ SM/86
• ᴹQ. Qendi >> Q. Quendi ✧ SMI/Quendi

Inflections

Qendi	plural	“Elves”	✧ LR/168; PE18/23
Qendi	plural		✧ MRI/Quendi; SMI/Quendi; TII/Qendi
Quendi	plural	“Elves”	✧ LR/119; LR/212; LRI/Qendi
Quendi	plural	“Light-elves”	✧ SM/85
Quendi	plural		✧ SM/86

Element In

• ᴹQ. Kalaqendi “*Light Elves”
• ᴹQ. Kuluqendi “Golden-elves”
• ᴹQ. Laiqendi “Green-elves”
• ᴹQ. Moriqendi “Dark-elves”
• ᴹQ. Ninqendi “White-elves”
• ᴹQ. Nurqendi “Deep-elves”
• ᴹQ. Qendelie “Elf-race” ✧ Ety/KWEN(ED)
• ᴹQ. Qenderin “Quendian”
• ᴹQ. Tarqendi “High-elves”

Cognates

• Dan. cwenda “Elf” ✧ Ety/KWEN(ED)
• Ilk. cwend “Elf” ✧ EtyAC/KWEN(ED)
• N. penn² “Elf”
• N. penedh “Elf” ✧ Ety/KWEN(ED)

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶kwenedē “Elf” ✧ Ety/KWEN(ED); PE21/69 (kwĕndĕ)
  • < ᴹ✶kwenedē “Elf” ✧ PE19/59 (kwènedḗ)
  • < ᴹ√KWEN(ED) “Elf” ✧ Ety/KWEN(ED)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶kwenedē > qende	[kwenedē] > [kwendē] > [kwende]	✧ Ety/KWEN(ED)
ᴹ✶kwĕndĕ > qende	[kwende]	✧ PE21/69

ᴹQ. Qen (Qend-) n. “Elf” (Category: Elf, Fairy)

References ✧ PE21/19, 25

Glosses

• “a Quend” ✧ PE21/25
• “Quend” ✧ PE21/19

Variations

• qen ✧ PE21/19; PE21/25

Inflections

qendullo	ablative	✧ PE21/25
qendulo	ablative	✧ PE21/25
†qendyo	ablative; assimilated	✧ PE21/25: only in OQ
qendullut	ablative dual	✧ PE21/25
†qendyut	ablative dual; assimilated	✧ PE21/25
qendillon	ablative plural	✧ PE21/25
†qendyon	ablative plural; assimilated	✧ PE21/25
qenda	accusative	✧ PE21/25
qendut	accusative dual	✧ PE21/25
qendi	accusative plural	✧ PE21/25
†qendata	allative	✧ PE21/25
qendunta	allative	✧ PE21/25
†qenta	allative; assimilated	✧ PE21/25
qenduntau	allative dual	✧ PE21/25
†qentau	allative dual; assimilated	✧ PE21/25
qendintan	allative plural	✧ PE21/25
†qentan	allative plural; assimilated	✧ PE21/25
†qendar	dative	✧ PE21/25
qenden	dative	✧ PE21/25
qendu	dative dual	✧ PE21/25
qendir	dative plural	✧ PE21/25
qendo	genitive	✧ PE21/25
qenduhta	genitive dual	✧ PE21/25
qendion	genitive plural	✧ PE21/25
qendanen	instrumental	✧ PE21/25
†qenwen	instrumental	✧ PE21/25
†qendesset	instrumental dual	✧ PE21/25
qendumet	instrumental dual	✧ PE21/25
†qenwet	instrumental dual	✧ PE21/25
qendínen	instrumental plural	✧ PE21/25
qendesse	locative	✧ PE21/25
†qense	locative; assimilated	✧ PE21/25
qendusset	locative dual	✧ PE21/25
†qenset	locative dual; assimilated	✧ PE21/25
qendissen	locative plural	✧ PE21/25
qen	nominative	✧ PE21/25
qendunt	nominative dual	✧ PE21/25
qendilin	nominative plural	✧ PE21/25
qendin	nominative plural	✧ PE21/25
qendíka	partitive-plural	✧ PE21/25
qenduva	possessive	✧ PE21/25
qendinwa	possessive plural	✧ PE21/25
qendanon	similative	✧ PE21/25
qendindon	similative plural	✧ PE21/25
qend-	stem	✧ PE21/19

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶kwenedē “Elf” ✧ PE21/25 (qend(ǝ)mēn); PE21/25 (qend(ǝ)lō)
  • < ᴹ✶kwenedē “Elf” ✧ PE19/59 (kwènedḗ)
  • < ᴹ√KWEN(ED) “Elf” ✧ Ety/KWEN(ED)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶qend(ǝ)mēn > †qenwen

[kwendemēn] > [kwendmēn] ? [kwenmēn] > [kwenwēn] > [kwenwen]

✧ PE21/25

ᴱQ. Qen (Qend-) n. “Elf” (Category: Elf, Fairy)

References ✧ GL/32; LRI/Qendi; LT1/235; LT1I/Qendi; PE13/99, 146; PE14/9; QL/92; SM/13, 168

Variations

• Qen ✧ PE13/146; QL/92
• qende ✧ PE14/9

Related

• Timpinen a Qen ✧ QL/92

Changes

• ᴱQ. Qendi >> ᴹQ. Lindar ✧ LRI/Qendi
• ᴱQ. Quendi >> ᴹQ. Lindar ✧ SM/168

Inflections

QENDI	plural		✧ PE13/99
Qendi	plural		✧ GL/32; LRI/Qendi; LT1/235; LT1I/Qendi; PE13/146; PE14/9
Quendi	plural	“Elves, Light-elves”	✧ SM/13
Quendi	plural		✧ SM/168

Element In

• ᴱQ. Qenya “Elvish”

Cognates

• ᴱN. Gwenn “Elf” ✧ PE13/146
• ᴱT. Bende ✧ PE13/146
• G. Cwenn “Elf” ✧ GL/32 (Cwennin); PE13/99 (Cwendion); PE14/9 (Cwennin)

Derivations

• < *ᴱ✶Gwendi ✧ PE13/146

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶Gwendi- > Qen

[gʷend] > [gʷen] > [kʷen]

✧ PE13/146