Eldamo : Quenya : Quenya

Q. Quenya n. “Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech” (Category: Dialect)

Q. Quenya, n. “Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech; ⚠️[ᴹQ.] belonging to the Qendi, Quendian” (Category: Dialect)

References ✧ LBI; Let/176; LotR/1127; LotRI; LT2I; MRI; PE17/137-138; PE18/72; PE19/93; PM/30, 399; PMI; SA/quen; SDI1/Quenya; SDI2/Quenya; SI/Eldarin, High-elven, Quenya; SMI; TII; UTI; WJ/361, 373-374, 393, 407; WJI; WRI

Glosses

“Elf-latin” ✧ PE18/72
“Elvish” ✧ PM/30; WJ/374
“High-elven” ✧ LotR/1127; LotRI/Quenya; SI/Eldarin; SI/High-elven
“High-elven, Elvish” ✧ Let/176
“Quendian language” ✧ WJ/373
“speech” ✧ PM/399

Variations

Quenya ✧ LBI/Quenya; Let/176; LotR/1127; LotRI/Quenya; LT2I/Quenya; MRI/Quenya; PE17/138; PE18/72; PE19/93; PM/30; PM/399; PMI/Quenya; SA/quen; SDI1/Quenya; SDI2/Quenya; SI/Eldarin; SI/High-elven; SI/Quenya; SMI/Quenya; TII/Quenya; UTI/Quenya; WJ/361; WJ/373; WJ/374; WJ/393; WJ/407; WJI/Quenya; WRI/Quenya
quenyā ✧ PE17/137
Quendya ✧ PE17/138
kwenya ✧ PE19/93

Element In

Q. Quenyarin “*of Quenya” ✧ PMI/Quenya
Q. queta Quenya “speak Quenya” ✧ PE17/137; PE17/138
Q. quetë Quenya “*speaks Quenya” ✧ PE17/138
Q. coirëa quenya “living speech” ✧ PM/399

Cognates

Van. Quendya “Quendian language” ✧ WJ/361; WJ/373; WJI/Quenya

Derivations

< √KWEN “speak with rational words” ✧ PE19/93; SA/quen (quen-)
- < √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392
< ✶kwenyā “Elvish” ✧ PE17/137; PE17/138 (kwend(i)ja); WJ/360 (kwendjā); WJ/393 (kwendjā)
- < Quendya < kwendjā ✧ WJ/360
- < √KWEN “speak with rational words” ✧ WJ/360 (KWENE)
  - < √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

✶kwenyā > quenyā	[kwenjā] > [kwenja]	✧ PE17/137
✶kwend(i)ja > Quendya	[kwendja] > [kwenja]	✧ PE17/138
√KWEN > quenya	[kwenja]	✧ PE19/93
√quen- > Quenya	[kwenja]	✧ SA/quen
✶kwendjā > Quendya > Quenya	[kwendja] > [kwenja]	✧ WJ/361
✶kwendjā > Quenya	[kwendja] > [kwenja]	✧ WJ/393

ᴹQ. Qenya n. “Elvish (Tongue), Elfspeech, Elf-latin; belonging to the Qendi, Quendian” (Category: Elf, Fairy)

References ✧ LR/172, 185, 193; LRI; PE18/23, 25; PE19/46; PE22/14, 66; RSI; TII/Quenya

Glosses

“belonging to the Qendi, Quendian” ✧ PE22/66; PE22/66 (†qendya)
“Elf-latin” ✧ PE18/23
“Elfspeech” ✧ LR/185 (Qendya)
“Elvish” ✧ LR/193 (Quenya)
“Elvish Tongue” ✧ LR/172; LRI/Qenya

Variations

Qenya ✧ LR/172; LRI/Qenya; PE18/23; PE22/66; RSI/Qenya; TII/Quenya
Qendya ✧ LR/185; LRI/Qenya; PE18/25 (†Qendya); PE22/66 (†qendya)
Quenya ✧ LR/193; LRI/Qenya; PE19/46; RSI/Qenya
quenja ✧ PE19/46 (Lin. quenja)

Inflections

qenyava

possessive

✧ PE22/14

Element In

ᴹQ. Ingweqenya ✧ LR/172 (Ingwiqenya); LR/193 (Ingwequenya)

Derivations

< ᴹ✶kwendya ✧ PE19/46; PE19/46

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶kwendya > Quenya	[kwendja] > [kwenja]	✧ PE19/46
ᴹ✶kwendya > quenja	[kwendja] > [kwenja]	✧ PE19/46