account
Quenya
quenta
tale
quenta
noun. story, narrative, account, history, story, narrative, account, history, [ᴹQ.] tale
Derivations
Element in
- Q. hanquenta “answer, answer, *response” ✧ PE17/166
- Q. Lámaquenta “Account of Sounds” ✧ PE18/082
- Q. quentalë “history, narration, history, narration, [ᴹQ.] account” ✧ VT39/16
- Q. Quenta Noldorinwa “the History of the Noldor” ✧ PM/030; WJ/027
- Q. Quenta Silmarillion “History of the Silmarils” ✧ S/033
- Q. quentasta “historical account” ✧ VT39/16
- Q. Valaquenta “Account of the Valar” ✧ SA/quen
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √quen- > Quenta [kwenta] ✧ SA/quen Variations
- qenta ✧ PE18/082
- Quenta ✧ PM/030; PMI/Quenta; S/033; SA/quen; WJ/027
quenta#
noun. account
quentalë
account, history
quentalë ("q") noun "account, history" (KWET), "narration, History" as abstract, but the word may also be used with a particular reference, as in quentalë Noldoron or quentalë Noldorinwa "the history of the Noldor", referring to the real events rather than an account of them: "that part of [universal] History which concerned the Noldor". (VT39:16; in this source the spelling really is "quentale" rather than "qentale")
Valaquenta
account of the valar
Valaquenta noun "Account of the Valar" (SA:val-). See quenta.
nyáre#
noun. account
account
nyarna
tale, saga
nyarna noun "tale, saga" (NAR2), compounded in nyarmamaitar noun "storyteller" (PE17:163), literally *"tale-artist" (see maitar).
nyárë
tale, saga, history
nyárë noun "tale, saga, history". Compounded in Eldanyárë "History of the Elves", lumenyárë "history, chronological account" (NAR2, LR:199). Compare nyarië, nyarna.
Silmaril
radiance of pure light
Silmaril (Silmarill-, as in pl. Silmarilli), noun, name of the shining jewels made by Fëanor; full sg. form Silmarillë (SA:sil, SIL, RIL, MIR).Translated "radiance of pure light" in Letters:148. Gen. pl. Silmarillion, as in (Quenta) Silmarillion "(the Story) of the Silmarils".
quenta ("q")noun "tale" (KWET), "narrative, story" (VT39:16); Quenta Silmarillion "the Story/Tale of the Silmarils", also Quenta Eldalien "History of the Elves" (SD:303), notice "Qenya" genitive in -n in the latter title. Quenta is also translated "account", as in Valaquenta "Account of the Valar".