Early Quenya
ildi
collective name. men
Derivations
- ᴱ√
ḶÐḶ✧ QL/042
indi
collective name. Men, Earth Dwellers
Cognates
- G. idhrin “men, earth dwellers” ✧ GL/50; LT2A/Idril
Derivations
- ᴱ√IÐI “dwell‽” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043
Element in
- Eq. Eldar yan Indi “*Elves and Men” ✧ QL/043
Variations
- indi ✧ GL/50; LT2A/Idril; LT2A/Idril; QL/042 (
indi); QL/043
A collective term for men appearing in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s meaning “Earth Dwellers” (QL/43), a derivative of the root ᴱ√IÐI (written IŘI in QL). It was also given as ᴱQ. ildi from the (rejected) root ᴱ√ḶÐḶ (QL/42), but this form was rejected.