Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : KWEN

√KWEN root. “speak with rational words”

√KWEN root. “speak with rational words”

See √KWE for discussion.

References ✧ PE17/140, 158; PE19/93; SA/quen; WJ/360-361, 375-376, 391-392

Glosses

“say, speak” ✧ SA/quen (quen-)
“speak with rational words” ✧ PE17/140; PE17/158

Variations

KWEN ✧ PE17/140; PE17/158; PE19/93; WJ/361; WJ/375; WJ/376; WJ/391; PE19/93 (KWEN)
quen- ✧ SA/quen
KWENE ✧ WJ/360; WJ/392

KWEN in Telerin clashed with PED “slope, slant down” ✧ WJ/375
KWEN in Telerin clashed with PEN “lack, be without” ✧ WJ/375
quet- “say, speak” ✧ SA/quen
KWET “speak, utter words, say” ✧ WJ/391

Derivations

< √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392

Derivatives

> ᴺQ. quenna “saying, proverb”
> ✶kwēn “person, one, (some)body” ✧ WJ/360; WJ/392
- > Ad. *bên “servant, ?person”
  - ⇒ Ad. Êru-bênî “Servants of God” ✧ SD/341; SD/357
- ⇒ ✶rokokwēn “horseman, rider” ✧ WJ/407
  - > Q. roquen “horseman, rider; knight” ✧ WJ/407
- > Q. quén “person, individual, man or woman; one, somebody” ✧ WJ/361
  - ⇒ 12 compounds
- > S. pen² “one, somebody, anybody” ✧ WJ/362
  - ⇒ 11 compounds
- ⇒ T. aipen “if anybody, whoever” ✧ WJ/375
- ⇒ T. ilpen “everybody” ✧ WJ/375
- > T. †pen “man, *somebody, *someone” ✧ WJ/362; WJ/375
  - ⇒ T. arpen “noble (man)” ✧ WJ/375
    - ⇒ T. arpenia “*noble” ✧ WJ/375
> ✶kwende “speaker, elf” ✧ PE17/140; WJ/360
- > Av. cuind ✧ WJ/410
- > Av. hwenti ✧ WJ/410
- > Av. kindi ✧ WJ/410
- > Av. kinn-lai ✧ WJ/410
- > Av. penni ✧ WJ/410
- > Av. windan ✧ WJ/410
- ⇒ ✶kala-kwendī ✧ WJ/373
  - > Q. Calaquendi “Elves of the Light, (lit.) Light Elves” ✧ WJ/373
    - ⇒ Q. Calaquenderin
- ⇒ ✶kwenyā “Elvish” ✧ WJ/393
  - > Q. Quenderin “Quendian, of the Quendi, belonging to the Elves as a whole” ✧ PE19/93
  - > Q. Quenya “Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech” ✧ PE17/137; PE17/138; WJ/361; WJ/393
    - ⇒ 4 compounds
  - > Van. Quendya “Quendian language” ✧ WJ/361
- ⇒ #✶morikwende “*Dark-elf” ✧ WJ/373
  - > Q. Moriquendi “Elves of the Darkness, (lit.) Dark Elves” ✧ WJ/373
- > Q. Quendë “Elf, (lit.) One That Speaks” ✧ PE17/137; PE17/141; PE17/152
  - ⇒ 9 compounds
- > S. pen² “one, somebody, anybody” ✧ PE17/141
  - ⇒ 11 compounds
- > S. †penedh “Elf” ✧ PE17/140; PE17/141
  - ⇒ S. Morbenedh “*Dark-elf” ✧ PE17/140; PE17/141
- ⇒ S. pengolodh “teaching sage, doctor (of lore), teacher of lore” ✧ PE17/139
  - ⇒ S. Pengolodh
- > T. †#Pendë “Elf (as a race)” ✧ WJ/362
  - ⇒ T. Calapendi “Light-elves” ✧ WJ/362; WJ/375
  - ⇒ T. Moripendi “Dark-elves” ✧ WJ/362; WJ/375
  - ⇒ T. **Pendia “Quenya” ✧ WJ/375
> √KWENED “spoken, articulate” ✧ PE19/93
- > ✶kwendā “assembly of (all the) people” ✧ PE17/137
- > ✶kwende “speaker, elf” ✧ PE17/137
  - > Av. cuind ✧ WJ/410
  - > Av. hwenti ✧ WJ/410
  - > Av. kindi ✧ WJ/410
  - > Av. kinn-lai ✧ WJ/410
  - > Av. penni ✧ WJ/410
  - > Av. windan ✧ WJ/410
  - ⇒ ✶kala-kwendī ✧ WJ/373
    - > Q. Calaquendi “Elves of the Light, (lit.) Light Elves” ✧ WJ/373
      - ⇒ Q. Calaquenderin
  - ⇒ ✶kwenyā “Elvish” ✧ WJ/393
    - > Q. Quenderin “Quendian, of the Quendi, belonging to the Elves as a whole” ✧ PE19/93
    - > Q. Quenya “Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech” ✧ PE17/137; PE17/138; WJ/361; WJ/393
      - ⇒ 4 compounds
    - > Van. Quendya “Quendian language” ✧ WJ/361
  - ⇒ #✶morikwende “*Dark-elf” ✧ WJ/373
    - > Q. Moriquendi “Elves of the Darkness, (lit.) Dark Elves” ✧ WJ/373
  - > Q. Quendë “Elf, (lit.) One That Speaks” ✧ PE17/137; PE17/141; PE17/152
    - ⇒ 9 compounds
  - > S. pen² “one, somebody, anybody” ✧ PE17/141
    - ⇒ 11 compounds
  - > S. †penedh “Elf” ✧ PE17/140; PE17/141
    - ⇒ S. Morbenedh “*Dark-elf” ✧ PE17/140; PE17/141
  - ⇒ S. pengolodh “teaching sage, doctor (of lore), teacher of lore” ✧ PE17/139
    - ⇒ S. Pengolodh
  - > T. †#Pendë “Elf (as a race)” ✧ WJ/362
    - ⇒ T. Calapendi “Light-elves” ✧ WJ/362; WJ/375
    - ⇒ T. Moripendi “Dark-elves” ✧ WJ/362; WJ/375
    - ⇒ T. **Pendia “Quenya” ✧ WJ/375
- > ✶kwenyā “Elvish” ✧ PE19/93
  - > Q. Quenderin “Quendian, of the Quendi, belonging to the Elves as a whole” ✧ PE19/93
  - > Q. Quenya “Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech” ✧ PE17/137; PE17/138; WJ/361; WJ/393
    - ⇒ 4 compounds
  - > Van. Quendya “Quendian language” ✧ WJ/361
- > Q. Quendë “Elf, (lit.) One That Speaks” ✧ PE19/93
  - ⇒ 9 compounds
> ✶kwenyā “Elvish” ✧ WJ/360
- > Q. Quenderin “Quendian, of the Quendi, belonging to the Elves as a whole” ✧ PE19/93
- > Q. Quenya “Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech” ✧ PE17/137; PE17/138; WJ/361; WJ/393
  - ⇒ 4 compounds
- > Van. Quendya “Quendian language” ✧ WJ/361
> Q. quén “person, individual, man or woman; one, somebody” ✧ PE19/93; WJ/393
- ⇒ 12 compounds
> Q. Quendë “Elf, (lit.) One That Speaks” ✧ SA/quen; WJ/361; WJ/391
- ⇒ 9 compounds
> Q. Quennar
- ⇒ Q. Quennar Onótimo ✧ MR/49
> Q. †quenso “minstrel, reciter”
> Q. quenta “story, narrative, account, history” ✧ SA/quen
- ⇒ 7 compounds
> Q. Quenya “Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech” ✧ PE19/93; SA/quen
- ⇒ 4 compounds
> S. pen² “one, somebody, anybody” ✧ WJ/376
- ⇒ 11 compounds