quenya noun (original adj.) "speech" (PM:399); the language-name Quenya is said to mean properly "language, speech" (WJ:393); cf. the phrase coirëa quenya "living speech" (PM:399).However, Quenya (archaic Quendya, still so in Vanyarin) is also interpreted "Elvish" (Letters:176), sc. the adjective corresponding to Quendi (WJ:374), but it was no longer used as a general adjective. Quenya lambë"Quenya tongue" (WJ:407). The command queta Quenya! "speak Quenya!" was used in the sense of "speak precisely and intelligibly, put into actual words" (instead of using hand signs or looks); the word Quenya is here used adverbially (PE17:138). The variant queta quenyā (PE17:137) appears to use the distinct accusative (formed by lengthening a final vowel) known from "Book Quenya".
Quenya
pahta
speech
pahta
noun. speech
Cognates
- S. paeth “speech” ✧ PE17/126
Derivations
- √PAKAT “*talk, speech” ✧ PE17/126
Element in
- ᴺQ. pahtalanga “interpretation”
- Q. úpahtëa “speechless” ✧ PE17/126
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √PAKAT > pahta [paktā] > [paxtā] > [paxta] ✧ PE17/126 Variations
- pahta ✧ PE17/126
quenya
speech
questa
noun. speech, language
Element in
- Q. Parmaquesta “Book-language” ✧ PE18/075
- Q. Tarquesta “High Speech, High Language”
quendya
noun. Elvish
lambelë
language
lambelë noun "Language" (especially with reference to phonology), *"phonetics" (VT39:15)
tengwië
language
#tengwië noun "language" in the compound mátengwië "language of the hands" (VT47:9). Compare tengwë, tengwesta.
tengwelë
language
tengwelë noun "Language" (in all its aspects), a general word for the grouping and composing of tengwi (linguistic "signs", phonemes) into a linguistic system (VT39:16)
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
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
tengwestië
language
tengwestië noun "Language" as abstract or phenomenon (WJ:394)
lambe
noun. tongue
lambë
tongue, language
lambë noun "tongue, language" (the usual word for 'language' in non-technical use) (WJ:368, 394, ÑGAL/ÑGALAM), "the language or dialect of a particular country or people...never used for 'language' in general, but only for particular forms of speech" (VT39:15); also name of tengwa #27 (Appendix E). (In early "Qenya", lambë was defined as "tongue" of body, but also of land, or even = "speech" [LT2:339]. In LotR-style Quenya lambë only means "tongue = speech", whereas the word for a physical tongue is lamba.) Lambë Valarinwa "Valarin tongue" (WJ:397), lambë Quendion "the language of the Elves" (PM:395), Lambengolmor pl. noun "Loremasters of Tongues", a school founded by Fëanor (WJ:396); sg. #Lambengolmo. Spelt Lambeñgolmor in VT48:6.
quetil
tongue, language
quetil ("q")noun "tongue, language" (KWET)
lamba
tongue
lamba (1) noun "tongue" (physical tongue, while lambë = "language") (WJ:394, LAB; according to VT45:25, Tolkien first wrote lambe, but as noted, this alternative form is rather used for "tongue" in the sense of "language")
pahta (2) noun "speech", i.e. language (PE17:126); accompanied by the intransitive verb pakta- "speak, talk", which would be *pahta- in Quenya, of which the transitive equivalent is quet-, q.v. The intransitive verb "speak" is also given as carpa-, q.v.