Quenderin

noun. Quendian

Quendian, name of all Elf-tongues

Quenderin

adjective. Quendian

Quendian

Quenderin

quendian, belonging to the elves as a whole

Quenderin adj."Quendian, belonging to the Elves as a whole" (a learned word) (WJ:407). The phrase quenderinwë coar "Elvish bodies" (PE17:175) presupposes a longer form *quenderinwa, here attested in the pl.

quenderin

noun/adjective. Quendian, of the Quendi, belonging to the Elves as a whole

Collective term for all the races of the elves and their languages, including the Avari (WJ/407), a combination of Quendë “Elf” and the suffix -rin. As a term for languages, it was often translated as “Quendian”. An archaic variant quenelya was used as an adjective only (PE19/93).

Conceptual Development: The term ᴹQ. Qenderin also appeared in linguistic notes from the 1930s (PE18/23).

Derivations

• ✶kwenyā “Elvish” ✧ PE19/093
  • √KWENED “spoken, articulate, spoken, articulate; [ᴹ√] Elf” ✧ PE19/093
  • √KWEN “speak with rational words” ✧ PE19/093
    • √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392
  • √KWEN “speak with rational words” ✧ WJ/360
  • √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392

Element in

• Q. Valar ar Maiar fantaner nassentar fanainen ve quenderinwe coar ar larmar “Valar and Maiar cloaked their true-being in veils, like to Elvish bodies and raiment” ✧ PE17/174; PE17/174 (ve quenderinwa koainen); PE17/174; PE17/175

Elements

Word	Gloss
Quendë	“Elf, (lit.) One That Speaks”
-rin	“-ian, racial-adjective, language”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶kwenedyā > quenelya	[kwenedjā] > [kweneljā] > [kwenelja]	✧ PE19/093

Variations

• quenelya ✧ PE19/093 (quenelya)
• quenderin ✧ PE19/093

Quenderinwa

adjective. Quendian

Quendian

quenelya†

adjective. Quendian

Quendian