imbi

preposition. between

Derivations

• √MI/IMI “in, within, [ᴹ√] inside” ✧ PE17/092; VT47/11; VT47/30

Derivatives

• Q. imbë “between, among, between, among; [ᴹQ.] in(wards)” ✧ PE17/092; VT47/11; VT47/30
• S. im “valley, valley; [N.] dell, deep vale” ✧ VT47/14
• T. imbe “gap, gully; low/narrow tract between high walls” ✧ VT47/14

Element in

• Q. imbilat “*deep valley” ✧ NM/355
• S. imlad “deep valley, narrow valley with steep sides, gap, gully, deep valley, narrow valley with steep sides, gap, gully, [N.] dell, glen” ✧ NM/355

Variations

• imbĭ ✧ PE17/092; VT47/30

mīni

preposition. between

Derivations

• √MI/IMI “in, within, [ᴹ√] inside” ✧ VT47/11

Derivatives

• S. mîn “[thing] between; gap, space, barrier; anything intervening between two other things” ✧ VT47/11

tumbu

noun. deep vale

Changes

• tumbā → tumbu ✧ NM/351

Derivations

• ᴹ√TUB “to fall low[?], go down (below normal ground level), (esp.) to go down (sink, dive) into water”

Derivatives

• Q. tumbo “deep vale, valley, deep vale, valley, [ᴱQ.] dale” ✧ NM/351
• S. tum “valley, vale, (deep) valley, vale; [ᴱN.] flat vale” ✧ NM/351

Variations

• tumbā ✧ NM/355 (tumbā)
• tumbŭ ✧ NM/355

im Reconstructed

root. same, alike, [ᴱ√] same, alike

A root whose existence is implied in Tolkien’s writings from the 1950s and 60s by various reflexive pronouns such as Q. imni “myself” and S. im “self(same)” (VT47/37). Though the root itself did not appear in Tolkien’s later writings, it seems to have been a long standing idea of his, appearing as ᴱ√IMI “same, alike” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives such as ᴱQ. iminqa “exactly alike, identical” and ᴱQ. inye- “imitate, make like” (QL/42). It seems to have had Gnomish derivatives from this period as well, such as G. inco “the same, the identical”, though Tolkien put this form under the root for the definite article: ᴱ√I (GL/50). In any case, √IM as the basis for “sameness” and reflexives seems to have been a well established idea in Tolkien’s languages.

Derivatives

• ✶im-dō “self, innermost being, centre of reason”
  • ✶indō “interior reflection or mind, the mind in its purposing faculty, the will; mood, heart” ✧ NM/176
  • Q. indo “(state of) mind, (inner) thought, mood; will, resolve, (state of) mind, (inner) thought, mood; will, resolve; [ᴹQ.] heart” ✧ PE22/165
    • Q. indu- “to will, do on purpose” ✧ PE22/165
  • S. ind “some particular purpose or intention of an individual; heart, some particular purpose or intention of an individual; heart [metaphorical], [N.] inner thought, meaning” ✧ PE22/165
  • T. indo “a particular will or intention of a person” ✧ PE22/165
• ✶immā “reflexive”
  • Q. imma “same, self-same, same thing”
  • S. im “I, I myself; reflexive, self(same)” ✧ VT47/14
• ✶immō “reflexive”
  • Q. immo “same one (person), self”
  • S. im “I, I myself; reflexive, self(same)” ✧ VT47/14
• ✶imte “themselves”
  • Q. intë “themselves” ✧ VT47/37
• Q. im- “same”
• ᴺS. ain “same, identical”

Element in

• ᴺQ. imbalandë “equality”