Quenderin

noun. Quendian

Quendian, name of all Elf-tongues

Quenderin

adjective. Quendian

Quendian

Quenderinwa

adjective. Quendian

Quendian

quenelya†

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

quendya

noun. Elvish

quenya

noun. Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech, Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech; [ᴹQ.] belonging to the Qendi, Quendian

Cognates

• Van. Quendya “Quendian language” ✧ WJ/361; WJ/373; WJI/Quenya

Derivations

• ✶kwenyā “Elvish” ✧ PE17/137; PE17/138; WJ/360; WJ/393
  • √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
• √KWEN “speak with rational words” ✧ PE19/093; SA/quen
  • √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392

Element in

• Q. coirëa quenya “living speech” ✧ PM/399
• Q. Quenyarin “*of Quenya” ✧ PMI/Quenya
• Q. queta Quenya “speak Quenya” ✧ PE17/137; PE17/138
• Q. quetë Quenya “*speaks Quenya” ✧ PE17/138

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶kwenyā > quenyā	[kwenjā] > [kwenja]	✧ PE17/137
✶kwend(i)ja > Quendya	[kwendja] > [kwenja]	✧ PE17/138
√KWEN > quenya	[kwenja]	✧ PE19/093
√quen- > Quenya	[kwenja]	✧ SA/quen
✶kwendjā > Quendya > Quenya	[kwendja] > [kwenja]	✧ WJ/360
✶kwendjā > Quenya	[kwendja] > [kwenja]	✧ WJ/393

Variations

• quenyā ✧ PE17/137
• Quendya ✧ PE17/138
• kwenya ✧ PE19/093
• quenya ✧ PE19/093; PM/399

mbelekōro

the oldest q form

¤mbelekōro masc. name, mentioned as "the oldest Q form" of Melkor, q.v. This is obviously a form that belongs to Common Eldarin rather than Quenya as we know it: Notice that it is marked (in the source asterisked) as unattested _(WJ:402). _It may be that "Q" here means "Quendian" rather than Quenya.

edhellen

adjective. elvish

Element in

• S. annon edhellen, edro hi ammen “Elvish gate open now for us” ✧ LotR/0307; PE17/045

Elements

Word	Gloss
Edhel	“Elf”
-ren	“adjective suffix”

edhellen

elvish

(of language apparently = ”Sindarin”), pl. edhellin****

kwenyā

adjective. Elvish

Changes

• Kwendya → kwenyā ✧ PE17/137

Derivations

• √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

Derivatives

• Q. Quenderin “Quendian, of the Quendi, belonging to the Elves as a whole” ✧ PE19/093
• Q. Quenya “Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech, Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech; [ᴹQ.] belonging to the Qendi, Quendian” ✧ PE17/137; PE17/138; WJ/360; WJ/393
• Van. Quendya “Quendian language” ✧ WJ/360

Variations

• kwe-nyā ✧ PE17/137
• Kwendya ✧ PE17/137 (Kwendya)
• kwend(i)ja ✧ PE17/138
• kwendya ✧ PE19/093 (kwendya)
• kwenedyā ✧ PE19/093
• kwendjā ✧ WJ/360; WJ/393