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indo

heart, mood

indo (1) noun "heart, mood" (ID), "state" (perhaps especially state of mind, given the other glosses) (VT39:23), "mind, region/range of thought, mood" (PE17:155, 179), "inner thought, in fea as exhibited in character or [?personality]" (PE17:189). In another post-LotR source, indo is translated "resolve" or "will", the state of mind leading directly to action (VT41:13). Indo is thus "the mind in its purposing faculty, the will" (VT41:17). Indo-ninya,a word occurring in Fíriels Song, translated "my heart" (see ninya). In the compound indemma "mind-picture", the first element would seem to be indo.

indo

house

indo (2) noun "house" (LT2:343), probably obsoleted by #1 above (in Tolkiens later Quenya, the word for "house" appears as coa).

indo

noun. mind in its purposing faculty, will

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indo

noun. (state of) mind, (inner) thought, mood; will, resolve, (state of) mind, (inner) thought, mood; will, resolve; [ᴹQ.] heart

Changes

  • innoindo “mind” ✧ MR/216
  • īn/indoinno “mind” ✧ MR/230
  • innoindo “mind” ✧ MR/230

Cognates

  • 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”

Derivations

  • indō “interior reflection or mind, the mind in its purposing faculty, the will; mood, heart” ✧ PE22/165
    • im-dō “self, innermost being, centre of reason” ✧ NM/176
    • IM “same, alike, [ᴱ√] same, alike”
    • NID “force, press(ure), thrust; will, will; force, press(ure), thrust; [ᴹ√] lean against” ✧ PE22/165; PE22/165
  • IN(ID) “mind, (inner) thought, inmost heart, inner senses” ✧ PE17/155; PE17/155; PE17/189
  • NID “force, press(ure), thrust; will, will; force, press(ure), thrust; [ᴹ√] lean against” ✧ VT41/17

Derivatives

  • Q. indu- “to will, do on purpose” ✧ PE22/165

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
INID > indo[indo]✧ PE17/155
inidō/in’dō > indo[inidō] > [indō] > [indo]✧ PE22/165

Variations

  • inno ✧ MR/216 (inno); MR/230 (inno)
  • īn/indo ✧ MR/230 (īn/indo)
  • in/inno ✧ MR/471 (in/inno)
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indor

master (of house), lord

indor noun "master (of house), lord" (LT2:343; probably obsoleted together with indo "house", q.v.)

indemma

mind-picture

indemma noun "mind-picture", i.e. a vision transferred from one mind to another and perceived as visual (and aural) images, usually produced by Elves, though Men were capable of receiving them (especially during sleep) (PE17:174, 179). Compound of indo (#1) + emma. Ephemerally Tolkien may have considered the word fanwos (q.v.) for the same phenomenon.

enda

heart

enda noun "heart", but not referring to the physical organ; it literally means "centre" (cf. endë) and refers to the fëa (soul) or sáma (mind) itself. (VT39:32)

os

house, cottage

os (ost-) noun "house, cottage" (LT2:336; hardly valid in LotR-style Quenya writers may use coa or már)

hón

heart

hón noun "heart" (physical) (KHŌ-N); hon-maren "heart of the house", a fire (LR:63, 73; this is "Qenya" with genitive in -en, not -o as in LotR-style Quenya read *hon-maro?)

órë

heart

órë (1) noun "heart" (inner mind), also name of tengwa #21 (Appendix E), "premonition" (VT41:13), "nearest equivalent of 'heart' in our application to feelings, or emotions (courage, fear, hope, pity, etc.)" (VT41:13). The órë apparently defines a person's personality, cf. the description of Galadriel in PM:337, that "there dwelt in her the noble and generous spirit (órë) of the Vanyar". Órenya "my heart" (VT41:11).

elwen

heart

elwen noun "heart" (LT1:255; rather hón or enda in LotR-style Quenya)

indo

indo

Indo comes from Root ID, perhaps the Primitive Quendian form was *idnô

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