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hilmi
collective noun. family, offspring
Cognates
- G. hilm “posterity; one’s descendants, progeny, offspring” ✧ GL/49
Derivations
- ᴱ√HILI “*youth, offspring” ✧ QL/040
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√HIL > hilmi [xilmī] > [xilmi] > [hilmi] ✧ QL/040 Variations
- hilmie ✧ GL/49
soresta
noun. family
The word ᴱQ. soresta “family” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a combination of ᴱQ. so- “together” and ᴱQ. resta “kin” (QL/85).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. orendë as a combination of later prefix Q. o- “together” and ᴺQ. rendë “kin”. Furthermore, I would use it specifically for a nuclear family (just the parents and children), as opposed to Q. nossë which seems to refer to an extended family or clan.
The word ᴱQ. hilmi “family, offspring” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a derivative of the early root ᴱ√HILI (QL/39). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon, the word hilmie was given as the Qenya cognate of G. hilm “posterity, one’s descendants, progeny, offspring” (GL/49).
Neo-Quenya: I would adapt this word into Neo-Quenya as singular ᴺQ. hilmë “offspring, ✱descendant”, and use plural hilmi to refer to the entirety of one’s extended family, including all descendants. Among the Elves, the original ancestor would still be alive and able to interact with their descendants of all generations, so this would be a living rather than historical relationship.