imni

pronoun. myself

Elements

Word	Gloss
im-	“same”
ni	“me, I”

Variations

• imne ✧ PE17/041 (imne); VT47/37
• Imni ✧ VT47/38

imnë

myself

imnë, also imni, *"myself", 1st person sg. reflexive pronoun, e.g. *tirin imnë/imni "I watch myself" (but apparently the general reflexive pronoun immo can also be used) (VT47:37). In PE17:41, imnë is mentioned as an Old Quenya pronoun meaning "I, I myself" (cf. inyë).

imnë

pronoun. myself

ni

me

ni (1) 1st person sg. pron. "I" (according to PE17:68 also "me" as object), with long vowel (ní) when stressed (VT49:51), cf. ní nauva next to nauvan for "I will be" (VT49:19), the former wording emphasizing the pronoun. The pronoun ni represents the original stem-form (VT49:50). Dative nin "for me, to me" (Arct, Nam, RGEO:67, VT41:11/15). Compare the reflexive pronoun imni, imnë "myself" and the emphatic pronoun inyë, q.v. The ancient element ni is said to have implied, originally, "this by me, of my [?concern]" (VT49:37)

nin

pronoun. me

nin

pronoun. me

_ pron. _me.

nin

pronoun. me

Derivations

• ✶ni “I, me”

Element in

• S. a tiro nin, Fanuilos “o guard me, Elbereth” ✧ LotR/0729; PE17/095; RGEO/64

Variations

• niu ✧ Let/279

anim

pronoun. for myself

enni

pronoun. to me

nin

me

(object form of ”I”) nin; as indirect object anim or enni ”for myself, (to) me”.

hê

pronoun. me

This element appears to be the object pronoun “me” in the phrase bâ kitabdahê “don’t touch me” (SD/250). It is not clear whether it could also serve as a subject pronoun “I”. Thorsten Renk instead suggested (NBA/18) that -hê may be a marker for the imperative, and proposed the invented word Ad. !ni for “I, me”, a hypothetical cognate of Q. ni.

Element in

• Ad. bâ kitabdahê “Don’t touch me!” ✧ SD/250

Variations

• -hē ✧ SD/250