A word for “house” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√IŘI [IÐI] “dwell” (QL/43). It also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/43).
Early Quenya
mardo
noun. dweller
Element in
- Eq. Irmaldi “Creatures of the Earth”
- Eq. Kalimbardi “goblins; Germans”
indo
noun. house
Cognates
- G. ind “house, abode” ✧ LT2A/Idril
Derivations
- ᴱ√IÐI “dwell‽” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043
Element in
- Eq. indor “master of house” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043
- Eq. iluin(do) “dwelling beyond the stars for the blessed” ✧ QL/042
- Eq. indolis “domicile” ✧ QL/043
- Eq. indositsina “domestic(ated)” ✧ QL/043
- Eq. indoite “indoors, at home, homely, domestic” ✧ QL/043
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√IŘI > indo [inðō] > [inðo] > [indo] ✧ QL/043
A noun appearing as ᴱQ. mardo “dweller” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, apparently an agental form of ᴱQ. mar “dwelling” (QL/60).
Neo-Quenya: Since Q. mar(da) “dwelling” appears in Tolkien’s later writing (PE17/64, 107), I would keep ᴺQ. mardo “dweller” as well.