Early Quenya
mekte
noun. heart; center
Derivations
- ᴱ√MEKE “*centre; aim” ✧ QL/060
Element in
- Eq. Malkamekte “*Heart of Evil”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√MEKE > mekte [mektē] > [mekte] ✧ QL/060
elben
noun. heart
elwen
noun. heart
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ√LEFE “*heart” ✧ QL/035; QL/052
Element in
- Eq.
Elwenil(do)“Littleheart” ✧ LT1A/Ilverin (Elwenildo); LT2/202 (Elbenil)Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LEFE > Elwen [elɸen] > [elβen] > [elwen] ✧ QL/035 ᴱ√LEFE > elwen [elɸen] > [elβen] > [elwen] ✧ QL/052 Variations
- Elben ✧ LT2/202; PE15/23
- Elwen ✧ QL/035
hon
noun. heart
Changes
hondo→ londa “heart” ✧ PE13/162Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ√HONO “*heart” ✧ QL/040
Element in
- Eq. qentien no máre nar i hondor “*than good, I said, are the hearts” ✧ PE15/32
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√HONO > hon [xondo] > [xondǝ] > [xond] > [hond] > [hon] ✧ QL/040 Variations
- londa ✧ PE13/149; PE13/162
- hondo ✧ PE13/162 (
hondo); QL/040- honde ✧ PE16/137
- hon ✧ QL/040
honde
noun. heart
hondo
noun. heart
londa
noun. heart
A word appearing as ᴱQ. Elben “heart” in the Name-list to the Fall of Gondolin of the 1910s (LT2/202; PE15/23), but as ᴱQ. Elwen “heart” in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√LEFE (QL/35, 52). These words were connected to the character G. Elfrith who vanished from later versions of the Legendarium.